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CLASS   OF   ALUMNI 


DARTMOUTH    COLLEGE 


1813: 


BIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES  OF  THE  MEMBERS. 


FOR     PRIVATE    USE. 


;  And  stiU  I  seem  to  tread  on  classic  ground." — Addison. 
Socius  atque  comes,  turn  honoris,  turn  etiam  calamitatis." — Cicero. 


BOSTON  : 

PRESS  OF  T.  R.  MARVIN,  42  CONGRESS  STREET. 
1854. 


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NAMES  OP  THE   GRADUATES 


The  Class  that  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College,  in  1813,  with  others  (]) 
who  left  for  various  reasons,  numbered  sixty  when  their  Sophomore  Cata- 
logue was  issued  in  October  of  1810.  They  were  subsequently  increased 
by  several  more.  So  enlarged,  they  were  but  forty- one  when  they  received 
their  first  degree.  Of  these,  only  nineteen  survive  after  the  lapse  of  nearly 
forty- one  years.  Thus  more  than  one-half  of  them  have  finished  their 
probation,  and  now  sleep  bodily  with  the  dead.  This  is  an  emphatic  admo- 
nition for  the  rest  to  gird  up  their  loins,  and  faithfully  do  the  work  divinely 
and  righteously  required  of  them. 

JAMES  ADAMS,  Boscawen,  N.  H. 
DANIEL  AUSTIN,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 
RUFUS  W.  BAILEY,  Yarmouth,  Me. 
HENRY  BOND,  Livermore,  Me. 
JAMES  BURNSIDE,  Northumberland,  N.  H. 
ABIEL  CARTER,  Concord,  N.  H. 
JAMES  CHUTE,  Rowley,  Mass. 
AUGUSTUS  COOLEDGE,  Boxborough,  Mass. 
DANIEL  CRAM,  Francestown,  N.  H. 
FREDERIC  CUSHING,  Berwick,  Me. 
AUSTIN  DICKINSON,  Amherst,  Mass. 
JAMES  DINSMORE,  Londonderry,  N.  H. 
THOMAS  M.  EDWARDS,  Keene,  N.  H. 
DANIEL  ELLIOT,  Dublin,  N.  H. 
EBENEZER  EVERETT,  Francestown,  N.  H. 
BENJAMIN  F.  FARNSWORTH,  Berwick,  Me. 
SAMUEL  FARNSWORTH,  Berwick,  Me. 
JOSEPH  B.  FELT,  Salem,  Mass. 
CHARLES  FOX,  Roxbury,  Mass. 
AUGUSTUS  GREELE,  Wilton,  N.  H. 
BENJAMIN  GREENLEAF,  Haverhill,  Mass. 
HUTCHINS  HAPGOOD,  Petersham,  Mass. 
LEVI  HARTSHORN,  Amherst,  N.  H. 
CHARLES  JOHNSTON,  Haverhill,  H.  N. 


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EBENEZER  S.  KELLY,  New  Hampton,  N.  H. 
JONATHAN  KITTREDGE,  Canterbury,  N.  H. 
ALLEN  LATHAM,  Lyme,  N.  H. 
BENJAMIN  G.  LEONARD,  Niagara,  N.  Y. 
ALEXANDER  LOVELL,  West  Boylston,  Mass. 
CHARLES  MARSH,  Woodstock,  Vt. 
JOHN  NICHOLS,  Antrim,  N.  H. 
TIMOTHY  PARKHURST,  Wilton,  N.  H. 
ELISHA  B.  PERKINS,  Pomfret,  Conn. 
PETER  ROBINSON,  Pembroke,  N.  H. 
DAVID  SMITH,  Francestown,  N.  H. 
EXPERIENCE  P.  STORRS,  Lebanon,  N.  H. 
JOSEPH  WARDWELL,  Salisbury,  N.  H. 
SAMUEL  WELLS,  Greenfield,  Mass. 
WILLIAM  WHITE,  Thetford,  Vt. 
FREDERICK  WOOD,  Littleton,  Mass. 
CHARLES  WOODMAN,  Sanbornton,  N.  H. 

(J)  Jacob  Atkinson,  Boscawen,  N.  H. ;  Francis  Cogswell,  Do- 
ver, N.  H. ;  George  Dunbar,  Keene,  N.  H. ;  Jacob  W.Eastman, 
Sandwich,  N.  H. ;  Daniel  A.  Ford,  Abington,  Mass. ;  John  E. 
Fuller,  Francestown,  N.  H.,  died  ;  Nathaniel  Henchman,  Am- 
herst, N.  H. ;  Charles  Herbert,  Rumney,  N.  H. ;  John  Hubbard, 
Hanover,  N.  H. ;  Josiah  Hubbard,  Hanover,  N.  H. ;  Stephen  Lyford, 
Brookfield,  Mass.;  Jonathan  Mason,  Lyme,  N.  H. ;  James  Milti- 
more,  Newbury,  Mass. ;  Matthew  Patrick,  Windsor,  Vt. ;  Samuel 
Philbrick,  Washington,  N.  H. ;  Henry  S.  Safford,  Salem,  Mass. ; 
Alpha  Shaw,  Unity,  N.  H. ;  Ebenezer  Shaw,  New  Salem,  Mass. ; 
Charles  J.  F.  Sherburne,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. ;  Jonathan  Silsby, 
Ac  worth,  N.  H. ;  Mason  S.  Smith,  Hanover,  N.  H.,  died  ;  Nathan- 
iel West,  Hanover,  N.  H. ;  John  White,  Concord,  N.  H.  Of 
these,  Dunbar,  Ford,  Henchman  and  Mason  had  left  the  class  when 
the  Catalogue  was  issued. 


MINUTES  OF  THE  CLASS  MEETING. 


At  a  meeting  of  the  Class  of  1813,  in  Dartmouth  College, 
holden  at  Hanover,  N.  H.,  July  26,  A.  D.  1853,— present :  Dr. 
Henry  Bond,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  Gen.  James  Dinsmore,  of 
Walnut  Hills,  Ky.;  Thomas  M.  Edwards,  Esq.,  of  Keene,  N.  H. ; 
Daniel  Elliot,  Esq.,  of  Marlborough,  N.  Y. ;  Rev.  Joseph  B.  Felt, 
of  Boston,  Mass. ;  Charles  Fox,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  Mass. ;  Benjamin 
Greenleaf,  Esq.,  of  Bradford,  Mass.;  Jonathan  Kittredge,  Esq.,  of 
Canaan,  N.  H. ;  Allen  Latham,  Esq.,  of  Chilicothe,  Ohio;  Rev. 
Alexander  Lovell,  of  Nashua,  N.  H.;  Dr.  Timothy  Parkhurst,  of 
Wilton,  N.  H.;  Elisha  B.  Perkins,  Esq.,  of  Marietta,  Ohio;  and 
Samuel  Wells,  Esq.,  of  Northampton,  Mass. 

Benjamin  Greenleaf,  Esq.,  was  chosen  Chairman,  and  Samuel 
Wells,  Esq.,  Secretary. 

Voted,  That  Messrs.  Greenleaf,  Felt,  and  Wells,  be  a  Committee,  to 
prepare  and  publish  a  short  biographical  sketch  of  each  member  of  the 
Class,  who  graduated. 

Voted,  That  Messrs.  Elliot,  Bond,  and  Edwards,  be  a  Committee  of 
Arrangements  for  the  Class,  at  the  present  Commencement. 

Voted,  That  the  Secretary  of  this  meeting  be  the  Secretary  of  the 
Class ;  and  that  in  case  of  his  death,  or  inability  to  perform  the  duties 
of  that  office,  the  same  shall  devolve  upon  the  then  youngest  member 
of  the  Class,  successively;  who  shall  take  possession  and  have  the 
care  and  custody,  of  all  such  records,  documents,  correspondence,  and 
moneys  of  the  Class,  as  shall  be  found  in  the  possession  of  his  prede- 
cessor in  office,  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  Class  ;  and  that  the  last 
surviving  Secretary  cause  the  same  to  be  deposited  in  the  archives  of 
the  College. 

Voted,  That  each  member  of  the  Class  shall,  on  the  first  day  of  Jan- 
uary, A.  D.  1855,  and  annually  thereafterwards,  address  a  letter  to  the 
Chairman  and  another  to  the  Secretary,  stating  such  facts  in  relation  to 
his  personal  history  or  that  of  his  family,  as  would  be  generally  inter- 
esting to  his  Classmates  ;  and  that  the  Secretary  cause  a  summary  of 
the  same  to  be  prepared,  and  transmitted  to  each  member. 


Voted,  That  if  any  member  shall  change  his  place  of  residence,  he 
shall  immediately  communicate  to  the  Secretary,  the  place  of  his  new 
residence  and  post  office  address. 

Voted,  That  the  Secretary  for  the  time  being,  be  the  Treasurer  of 
the  Class  ;  and  that  he  render  his  account  of  moneys  received  and  paid, 
to  the  Chairman,  on  the  first  day  of  January  annually. 

A  contribution  was  then  taken  up,  to  defray  the  expenses  of 
publication,  and  other  expenses  of  this  Association  ;  and  the  sum 
of  one  hundred  and  forty  seven  dollars  was  contributed.  Some 
unknown  member  having  contributed  the  sum  of  one  hundred 
dollars,  and  being  called  upon  to  rectify  his  mistake,  if  any  had 
been  made,  and  no  one  making  answer  thereto,  the  same  was 
considered  as  generously  contributed  for  the  benefit  of  the  class, 
and  it  was  thereupon 

Voted,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Class  be  presented  to  the  generous 
donor  of  one  hundred  dollars,  and  that  the  Chairman  be  requested  so 
to  dispose  of  the  same,  for  the  benefit  of  such  members  of  the  Class,  or 
their  children,  as  shall,  in  his  best  judgment,  be  most  necessitous  and 
deserving. 

Voted,  That  the  proceedings  of  this  meeting  be  published,  and 
transmitted  by  the  Secretary  to  each  member  of  the  Class. 

During  the  meeting  many  incidents  of  personal  history,  both 
of  present  and  absent  members  of  the  Class,  were  related,  inter- 
mingled with  religious  remarks  and  devotions.  Some  whose 
residences  were  unknown  were  sought  out.  Letters  from  Class- 
mates unavoidably  absent,  were  read,  making  the  whole  a  season 
of  rich  enjoyment  to  every  one  present.  On  the  27th,  the  Class 
called  in  a  body  upon  President  Lord,  also  upon  Professor 
ShurtlefT,  the  latter  being  the  only  member  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees or  Faculty  of  the  College,  holding  office  therein,  in  A.  D. 
1813.  They  also  visited  the  cemetery  where  were  found  the 
graves  of  their  honored  instructors,  Wheelock,  Hubbard,  and 
Adams. 

The  Class  then  voted  to  adjourn  to  meet  at  Hanover  with  their 
wives,  so  far  as  surviving  and  blessed  with  ability,  on  the  Tues- 
day preceding  the  annual  Commencement  of  Dartmouth  College 
in  A.  D.  1863,  at  ten  o'clock  A.  M.,  at  such  place  as  shall  be 
provided  by  the  committee  of  arrangements. 

Attest.  Samuel    Wells,  Secretary. 


BIOGRAPHICAL    NOTICES. 


JAMES  ADAMS. 

James  Adams  was  born  at  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire, 
Nov  7, 1785.  His  father,  the  Hon.  William  Adams,  was  born 
there,  Feb.  6, 1755,  whose  father  was  among  the  earlier  settlers 
of  the  same  place.  He  was  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill, 
was  also  engaged  in  the  battle  of  Bennington,  and  he  died  in 
October,  1828.  James  was  a  young  man  of  great  promise. 
Possessing  an  ardent  thirst  for  knowledge,  he  entered  upon 
a  course  of  education,  and  graduated  with  the  reputation  of  a 
studious  and  successful  scholar.  On  leaving  college,  he  took 
charge  of  the  Academy  of  Hampton,  New  Hampshire.  He 
there  commenced  the  study  of  theology,  with  Rev.  Mr.  Web- 
ster, then  minister  of  that  town.  He  felt  a  strong  desire  to 
engage  in  the  work  of  the  ministry,  had  nearly  completed 
his  course  of  preparation,  and  the  time  was  fixed  for  his 
examination  and  licensure.  But  he  was  attacked  with  sick- 
ness, which  terminated  in  consumption,  and  closed  his  life, 
April  15,  1817,  and  his  promised  usefulness  in  the  church, 
below. 


DANIEL  AUSTIN. 

Daniel  Austin  was  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Mary  Austin. 
His  father  was  a  merchant  of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  till 
1800,  when  he  moved   to    Portsmouth,    New   Hampshire, 


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where  lie  died  December,  1818,  aged  65.  His  mother 
deceased  a  few  years  since,  at  the  advanced  age  of  87.  Mr. 
Austin  had  his  birth  in  Boston,  November  21,  1793,  and  was 
the  only  son  of  a  large  family  of  children. 

He  prepared  for  college  under  Deacon  Amos  Tappan,  and 
entered  as  sophomore.  After  graduating,  he  followed  the 
bent  of  his  distinguished  classical  taste,  and  attended  to  gen- 
eral literature.  For  a  profession,  he  studied  law  with  Jere- 
miah Mason,  then  of  Portsmouth.  But,  when  having  pro- 
gressed in  it  for  a  year  and  a  half,  a  change  took  place  in  the 
fortune  of  his  father,  which  led  him  to  relinquish  the  pursuit. 
In  the  mean  while,  he  declined  the  overture  to  become  a 
Major,  as  aid  to  General  Storer,  and  he  delivered  the  Repub- 
lican oration,  of  July  4,  1814.  Though  brought  up  to  lean 
on  parental  aid,  when  this  failed  him,  he  sunk  not  in  despon- 
dency, but  nobly  stood  in  his  lot,  and  depended  on  personal 
efforts.  He  resorted  to  the  useful  and  honorable  employ- 
ment of  instructing  youth. 

After  spending  several  years  in  this  occupation,  he  turned 
his  attention  to  theological  studies.  He  entered  Divinity  Hall 
at  Cambridge,  and  graduated  in  1827.  Being  licensed  this 
year  to  preach,  and  having  had  several  calls  to  settle,  he 
became  minister  of  the  First  Parish  of  Brighton,  June  4,  1828, 
as  successor  to  the  Rev.  John  Foster,  D.  D.  He  was  per- 
suaded by  the  inhabitants  of  the  town,  to  serve  for  their  Rep- 
resentative in  the  Legislature  of  1832  and  1833,  and  then  he 
declined  a  re-election.  He  continued  his  pastoral  relation, 
with  the  large  increase  of  his  church,  to  November,  1837, 
when  he  resigned  it,  to  the  "regret  and  sorrow"  of  his 
people. 

As  to  his  domestic  relations,  he  married  Hannah,  the  eldest 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Joy,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  November  21, 
1833.  In  referring  to  his  connection,  he  remarked,  "  I  have 
had  nine  children,  five  girls  and  four  boys,  none  of  whom, 
alas !  are  living." 

Having  left  Brighton  and  moved  to  Boston,  in  the  spring 


of  1838,  he  was  "reader  and  assistant,  from  one  to  two  years, 
to  his  friend  Dr.  F.  W.  P.  Greenwood,  at  the  King's  Chapel." 
"  About  this  time  he  declined  the  Masonic  appointment  of 
Grand  Chaplain  of  Massachusetts."  He  removed  to  Cam- 
bridge in  the  spring  of  1842 ;  wai  one  of  the  first  School 
Committee  under  the  city  charter,  and  chairman,  about  the 
same  time,  of  the  Commitee  of  the  First  Parish.  He  was 
unanimously  chosen  Deacon  of  its  Church,  but  declined  ; 
was  two  or  three  years  successively  Chairman  of  the  Lyceum 
Board,  and  for  several  years  Superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
School. 

In  the  first  part  of  Mr.  Green's  mayoralty,  Mr.  Austin,  out 
of  regard  for  Washington,  had  placed  around  the  tree,  which 
bears  the  name  of  this  distinguished  man,  and  under  which  he 
stood  on  Cambridge  Common,  a  substantial  iron  fence  at  his 
own  charge. 

Mr.  Austin  assisted  the  Professor  of  Pulpit  Eloquence  for 
a  year  or  more,  instructing  the  classes  in  elocution.  He  also 
founded  and  endowed  a  course  of  five  Lectures  relating  to  the 
Evidences  of  Christianity,  which  were  delivered  the  same 
year  by  students  of  the  Institution  selected  by  the  Faculty, 
and  was  discontinued  only  through  fear  of  exciting  a  spirit  of 
rivalry.  He  removed  to  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  in 
April  or  May,  1850,  purchased  '  Sherburne  Place,'  and,  in 
Kittery,  Maine,  a  sea-side  residence  called  c  Willow  Bank ; ' 
between  which  locations  he  divides  his  time. 

One  of  his  friends,  who  has  known  him  many  years,  has 
said — "  He  always  reminds  me  of  Lord  Glenthorn  in  Miss 
Edge  worth's  c  Ennui,'  though  I  think  he  has  never,  like  him, 
made  the  most  of  his  abilities ;  having  ever  been  fond  of  quiet 
observation  and  retirement,  and  too  great  an  admirer  of  the 
character  of  the  Roman  Atticus  to  make  the  requisite  exertion. 
He  is  social,  reverential,  tasteful  and  public  spirited.  His 
prime  characteristic,  perhaps,  is  his  benevolence.  He  has 
been  the  main  support  of  eight  or  ten  of  his  nearest  relatives 
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for  the  last  forty  years ;  is  generally  respected,  and  is  always 
referred  to  as  a  good  son  and  brother." 


KUFUS  WILLIAM  BAILEY. 

Rufus  William  Bailey  was  born  in  Yarmouth,  Maine, 
April  13,  1793.  His  father,  Lebbeus  Bailey,  was  the  son  of 
Col.  John  Bailey,  who  commanded  a  regiment  of  Massachu- 
setts "  minute  men  "  in  the  continental  establishment  through 
the  revolutionary  war.  His  ancestors  emigrated  from  Eng- 
land, and  settled  in  Plymouth  county  early  after  the  first  land- 
ing on  Plymouth  Bock.  The  graves  of  six  generations  1  are 
of  record  in  the  towns  of  Scituate  and  Hanover.  Lebbeus, 
the  youngest  of  four  sons,  moved  to  Yarmouth,  Maine,  soon 
after  his  early  marriage,  and  died  there  in  1827,  at  the  age 
of  63.  He  married  Sarah  Sylvester  Myrick,  of  Nantucket, 
whose  father  commanded  a  whale-ship,  and  was  killed, 
when  a  young  man,  in  conflict  with  a  whale  in  the  Pacific 
ocean.  She  is  still  living  in  Portland,  Maine,  at  the  age  of 
86.  Rufus  W.,  the  second  of  six  sons,  was  fitted  for  college 
partly  at  Hebron  Academy,  and  partly  by  Rev.  Dr.  Francis 
Brown,  afterwards  President  of  Dartmouth  College.  He  be- 
came a  member  of  the  junior  class  in  1811.  After  his  gradu- 
ation, he  entered  the  office  of  Daniel  Webster  as  a  student  of 
law,  but  before  commencing  the  practice  of  it,  he  changed  his 
purpose,  and  repaired  to  Andover  Theological  Seminary  as  a 
student  of  divinity.  Before  finishing  his  course  of  study  at  the 
Seminary,  he  was  appointed  Tutor  in  Dartmouth  College,  and 
at  the  end  of  one  year,  in  1818,  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Con- 
gregational Church  on  Norwich  Plain,  and  at  the  same  time 
was  Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy  in  the  Military  Academy 
there.  In  1823,  he  succeeded  Rev.  Dr.  Humphrey  as  pastor 
of  the  Congregational  Church  in   Pittsfield,   Massachusetts. 

1  See  Barry's  Genealogies. 


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In  1827,  his  health  compelled  him  to  relinquish  his  pastoral 
charge  and  seek  a  southern  climate. 

He  has  always  been  connected  with  the  cause  of  education. 
Immediately  after  his  graduation,  he  took  charge  of  Salisbury 
Academy,  in  New  Hampshire,  and  subsequently  of  the  Blue- 
hill  Academy,  in  Maine.  While  he  resided  in  Vermont,  he 
was  a  Trustee  of  the  University,  and  had  the  Presidency  of  that 
Institution  tendered  to  him  in  1821.  Subsequently  he  was 
invited  to  preside  over  two  other  Colleges.  While  in  Massa- 
chusetts, he  was  a  Trustee  of  Williams  College.  He  origi- 
nated and  led  in  the  organization  of  the  "  Pittsfleld  Female 
Academy,"  in  1825,  and  on  his  removal  to  the  South,  he 
established  in  South  Carolina,  the  "  Richland  School,"  on  the 
plan  of  the  "  Round  Hill  School "  of  Northampton.  This 
school  enjoyed,  for  several  years,  a  wide  patronage  ;  but,  like 
its  prototype,  finally  proved  a  failure.  He  subsequently  taught 
a  Female  School  in  Fayetteville,  North  Carolina.  In  1840, 
he  commenced  the  publication  of  a  monthly  Periodical,  called 
"The  Patriarch,"  issued  simultaneously  in  New  York  and 
Washington;  the  first  publication  of  this  class  designed  to 
furnish  to  the  parlor  and  to  the  family  an  attractive  and 
religious  literature.  Before  the  expiration  of  the  second  year, 
having  attained  an  extensive  circulation,  the  Patriarch  passed 
out  of  his  hands  and  was  merged  in  the  "Mother's  Magazine." 
In  1842,  he  founded  the  "Augusta  Female  Seminary,"  in 
Staunton,  Virginia,  and  continued  to  preside  over  that  flour- 
ishing Institution  until  his  failing  health  required  him  to 
relinquish  his  labors  in  1848.  He  then  spent  several  years 
as  Agent  of  the  American  Colonization  Society  in  Virginia. 

He  is  now  engaged  in  literary  pursuits.  He  has  published 
a  volume  of  sermons  entitled  "  The  Family  Preacher,"  and 
various  single  sermons  preached  on  various  occasions  ;  a  vol- 
ume of  Letters  to  Daughters,  called  "  The  Mother's  Request ;" 
a  volume  of  Letters  on  Slavery,  called  "  The  Issue  "  ;  besides 
many  fugitive  pieces  in  newspapers  and  in  periodicals,  some 
anonymous  and  some  under  his  own  signature  ;  "  A  Manual 


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of  Grammar  "  of  the  English  Language,  with  a  discussion  on 
Idiom ;  and  a  "  Primary  Grammar  "  for  beginners.  He  took 
his  Master's  Degree  in  1816,  and  was  returned  as  the  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  orator  in  1821,  incorrectly  recorded  in  the  Cata- 
logue Kiah  Bailey. 

He  has  been  twice  married.  In  1820,  to  Lucy,  daughter 
of  Hon.  Reuben  Hatch,  of  Norwich,  Vermont.  She  died  in 
Camden,  South  Carolina,  in  1832,  leaving  three  children  : 
Mary,  married  to  John  P.  Kives,  a  planter  of  Mississippi  ; 
Harriet,  married  to  Professor  Campbell,  Washington  College, 
Virginia ;  and  Prancis  Brown,  settled  in  Indiana.  He  was 
married  again  in  1842,  to  Mrs.  Mariette  Lloyd,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Perry,  of  Waterbury,  Connecticut.  She  died  in  1853, 
leaving  one  daughter,  Lucy,  who  was  born  in  1844. 

In  the  close  of  a  letter,  written  to  the  committee  of  publi- 
cation, Mr.  Bailey  remarks,  "  I  have  been  greatly  afflicted  and 
greatly  blest,  and  in  all  the  dealings  of  Providence,  have  seen 
the  hand  of  a  '  Pather  ever  kind  and  gracious.'  ' 


HENBY  BOND. 


Henry  Bond  was  born  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts, 
March  21,  1790,  and  was  the  only  son  of  Henry  Bond,  who 
married  Hannah,  eldest  daughter  of  Captain  Phineas  and 
Hannah  (Bemis)  Stearns,  of  Watertown.  His  grandfather, 
Colonel  William  Bond,  of  Watertown,  commanded  the  25th 
Kegiment  of  the  Continental  Army,  and  died  and  was  buried 
on  Mount  Independence,  September  1,  1776. 

In  the  summer  of  1790,  his  father  moved  from  Watertown 
to  Livermore,  Maine,  then  just  begun  to  be  settled,  where  he 
had  previously  purchased  land  and  become  joint  proprietor 
of  the  first  grist  and  saw  mills  erected  in  the  township.  His 
father  died  in  March,  1796,  aged  34,  leaving  a  widow  and 
two  children ;  and  his  mother  died  in  August,  1803,  aged  35. 


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In  March,  1806,  he  commenced  his  academical  course  at 
Hebron  Academy,  at  that  time  and  for  a  little  while  after- 
wards under  the  care  of  Mr.  Albion  K.  Parris,  who  has 
since  filled  many  high  offices  ;  then  for  a  few  months,  under 
Mr.  William  Weeks,  and  next  under  Mr.  William  Barrows, 
who  filled  the  office  of  Preceptor  for  a  few  years  very  accept- 
ably. In  September,  1809,  he  was  admitted  to  the  fresh- 
man class  of  Dartmouth  College,  where  he  spent  the  full 
term  of  an  undergraduate. 

According  to  the  very  common  usage  among  collegians,  at 
that  period,  most  of  his  winter  vacations,  both  before  and 
after  entering  College,  were  employed  in  teaching  school. 

Immediately  after  graduation,  he  commenced  the  study  of 
medicine  with  Dr.  Cyrus  Perkins,  at  that  time  Professor  of 
Anatomy  in  the  College,  and  not  long  afterwards,  upon  the 
resignation  of  Dr.  Nathan  Smith,  Professor  of  Surgery. 
With  little  interruption,  he  devoted  his  time  to  professional 
studies  until  the  first  of  March,  1815.  Having  been  elected 
Tutor  of  the  College,  he  entered  upon  the  duties  of  the  office 
at  the  beginning  of  the  spring  term  of  this  year,  and  con- 
tinued therein  until  August,  1816.  The  period  during 
which  he  held  office  in  the  College,  was  particularly  inter- 
esting and  exciting,  as  it  was  in  the  midst  of  those 
"  Dartmouth  College  difficulties,"  which  have  become  so 
noted  by  the  important  judicial  trials  that  resulted  from 
them. 

While  in  the  office  of  Tutor,  he  prosecuted  his  professional 
studies  as  closely  as  his  other  duties  would  permit,  and,  after 
his  resignation,  gave  his  exclusive  attention  to  them  until  the 
close  of  the  medical  term  in  December,  1816,  when  he  passed 
an  examination  for  a  medical  degree.  Immediately  after  this 
he  went  to  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  and  early  in  January, 
1817,  offered  to  the  public  his  professional  services. 

In  each  of  the  three  summers  he  resided  in  Concord,  Dr. 
Bond  delivered  a  course  of  popular  Lectures  on  Chemistry, 
and  in  1818,  he  delivered  the  Oration  before  the  New  Hamp- 


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shire  Alpha  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society.  In  the  spring 
of  1819,  as  early  as  the  laws  of  the  Society  would  permit,  he 
was  elected  a  Fellow  of  the  New  Hampshire  Medical  Society, 
and  at  the  same  time  a  Censor,  -and  the  Orator  for  the  next 
anniversary.  In  1819,  he  was  the  originator  and  chief  agent 
in  the  establishment  of  a  Reading  Room,  or  Atheneum,  in 
Concord,  which  began  with  fair  prospects,  but  which  after  a 
while  dwindled  away  to  extinction. 

Early  in  November,  1819,  he  left  Concord  for  Philadel- 
phia, where  he  has  since  resided,  unmarried.  In  March, 
1820,  after  spending  the  winter  in  attending  the  medical 
lectures  in  the  University  and  the  clinical  instruction  in  the 
Pennsylvania  Hospital,  he  opened  an  office  at  120  Arch 
street,  in  a  house  where  Dr.  Dorsey  had  resided,  and  where 
he  had  erected  a  small  anatomical  theatre,  for  his  own  use 
and  that  of  his  private  pupils.  For  the  first  three  years 
after  settling  there,  Dr.  Bond  occupied  that  edifice,  and 
usually  had  classes  in  general,  and  in  practical  and  surgical 
anatomy,  as  large  as  could  be  accommodated.  After  the  ter- 
mination of  his  third  course,  the  edifice  was  not  allowed  to 
be  used  any  more  for  its  original  purpose. 

In  December,  1819,  he  was  elected  an  Honorary  Member 
of  the  Philadelphia  Medical  Society,  and  he  was  an  active 
member  of  it  until  it  ceased  to  meet.  He  was  for  ten  years 
its  Treasurer,  and  afterwards  its  Vice  President.  In  1823,  a 
medical  association,  called  the  Kappa  Lambda  Society,  was 
organized  in  Philadelphia,  having  sister  societies  in  several 
other  States.  Its  object  was  medical  improvement,  having  a 
special  reference  to  Medical  Ethics.  Of  this  Society  he  was 
an  early  member,  and  for  some  time  its  Secretary.  In  1825, 
he  was  elected  a  Fellow  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Physicians,  and  in  1833,  was  elected  its  Secretary,  which 
office  he  held  until  1844,  when  its  labors  and  his  ill  health 
compelled  him  to  resign ;  since  which  time  he  has  been  one  of 
the  Censors.  He  was  one  of  the  delegates  of  this  College  in 
1840,  and  again  in  1850,  to  the  Decennial  National  Conven- 


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tions  held  in  Washington  city  for  revising  the  United  States 
Pharmacopoeia.  He  was  a  member  of  the  first  National 
Medical  Convention,  convened  in  New  York  in  May,  1846, 
for  the  pnrpose  of  organizing  a  National  Medical  Association, 
and  has  been  a  delegate  to  most  of  the  subsequent  meetings. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Convention  held  hi  Lancaster  in 
April,  1847,  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a  State  Medical 
Society  of  Pennsylvania,  and  was  one  of  the  Committee  for 
drafting  the  Constitution.  He  was  also  an  original  member 
of  the  Philadelphia  County  Medical  Society.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Philadelphia  Academy  of  Natural  Science,  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Historical  Society,  and  of  several  religious  and 
charitable  associations.  He  was  formerly,  for  several  years,  a 
member  of  the  Philadelphia  Board  of  Health,  and  most  of 
the  time  its  President.  He  is  a  Corresponding  Member  of 
the  National  Institute,  of  the  American  Statistical  Association, 
of  the  New  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society,  and  of  the 
Massachusetts  Historical  Society.  Ill  health,  for  the  last  few 
years,  has  compelled  him  to  lessen  very  much  his  devotion  to 
his  profession,  and  some  of  his  leisure  has  been  devoted  to 
antiquarian  and  genealogical  researches,  the  results  of  which 
will  probably  be  published. 

Besides  the  papers  on  professional  subjects,  hereafter  enu- 
merated, he  has  read  others  before  the"  College  of  Physicians 
and  other  medical  bodies,  which  have  not  been  printed, 
including  two  Biographical  Notices  of  deceased  members  of 
the  College.  In  1824,  he  delivered  the  annual  address 
before  the  New  England  Society  of  Philadelphia,  which  was 
printed. 

1.  "  On  the  effects  of  atmospheric  air,  when  applied  to 
those  parts  of  the  body,  not  designed  by  nature  to  be  in  con- 
tact with  it ;  "  read  before  the  Academy  of  Medicine  in  1821, 
and  published  in  vol.  ii.,  of  the  Phil.  Journal  of  Med.  and 
Phys.  Science. 

2.  "  A  case  of  swelled  leg  (phlegmasia  dolens)  occurring 
in  a  male,"  published  in  the  same  volume. 


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8.  "  On  the  production  of  animal  heat ; "  read  before  the 
Phil.  Med.  Society  in  1825,  and  published  in  vol.  x.,  of  the 
same  Journal. 

4.  "  A  case  of  ostea-sarcoma,  in  the  pelvis  ; "  published  in 

1827,  in  volume  iv.,  of  the  North  American  Med.  and  Surg. 
Journal. 

5.  "A  case  of  diseased  brain,  of  much  interest  in  ref- 
erence to  its  functions;"  published  in  1828,  in  the  same 
Journal,  vol.  v. 

6.  "  Observations  on  the  removal  of  foreign  bodies  from 
the  oesophagus,"  with  new  instruments  for  the  treatment  of 
those  accidents  ;  read   before  the    College  of  Physicians   in 

1828,  and  published  with  a  plate,  in  vol.  vi.,  of  the  same 
Journal. 

7.  "  Observations  on  the  treatment  of  fractures  of  the 
patella,  with  an  attempt  at  its  improvement ; "  read  before 
the  Kappa  Lambda  Society,  and  published  in  vol.  vii.,  of  the 
same  Journal. 

8.  In  vol.  xi.,  of  the  same  Journal,  a  Review  of  Recamier 
on  Cancer. 

9.  "  Note  of  the  post  mortem  examination  of  a  female  who 
committed  suicide  almost  immediately  post  coit. ;  "  published 
in  vol.  xiii.,  of  the  American  Journal  of  Med.  Science. 

10.  "  On  the  extraction  of  retained  placenta  in  cases  of 
abortion ;  "  published  in  the  Am.  Jour,  of  Med.  Science,  for 
April,  1844,  with  a  description  and  illustration  of  a  new 
placental  forceps. 

11.  "  A  case  of  rupture  of  the  uterus ;"  read  before  the 
College  of  Physicians,  and  published  in  the  same  Journal  for 
January,  1845. 

12.  "  Cases  of  retroversion  of  the  uterus,  with  a  descrip- 
tion of  a  new  instrument  for  its  restoration,  and  some  obser- 
vations on  the  displacement  of  that  organ  ;  "  read  before  the 
College  of  Physicians  in  March,  1849,  and  published  in  the 
same  Journal  for  March,  1849,  with  illustrations. 

13.  "  Remarks  on  obstetrical  forceps,  with  an  attempt  at 


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their  improvement ; "  published  in  the  same  Journal  for  July, 
1850,  with  illustrations. 

14.  "  Description  of  a  vectis  for  the  removal  of  a  globular 
pessary/'  with  case  and  illustration ;  published  in  the  same 
volume. 

15.  "  On  fractures  of  the  lower  end  of  the  radius,  pro- 
posing a  new  apparatus  for  their  treatment ;  "  read  before 
the  College  of  Physicians  in  1851 ;  published  in  their  Trans- 
actions, in  the  Medical  Examiner  and  other  journals,  with 
illustrations. 

An  evident  rule  of  Dr.  Bond's  life  has  been,  to  enlighten 
and  benefit  his  fellow-beings.  Better  thus  to  do,  than  com- 
mand worlds  for  the  conquests  of  ambition. 


JAMES  BURNSIDE. 

His  parents  were  James  and  Mary  (Nutter)  Burnside. 
His  father  was  born  in  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire,  and 
died  March  15,  1809,  in  his  forty-seventh  year.  His  mother 
was  born  in  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  and  died  May  18, 
1820,  in  her  fifty-sixth  year.  He  had  his  birth  at  Northum- 
berland, of  the  same  State,  October  27,  1793.  He  fitted  for 
College  at  Haverhill.  After  graduating,  he  taught  an  Acad- 
emy with  success,  and  studied  law  in  Onondaga,  New  York. 
His  health  was  far  from  being  robust.  He  soon  showed 
symptoms  of  consumption,  and  died  of  this  disease,  at  Utica, 
September,  1814.  He  had  scarcely  put  in  the  sickle  to  reap 
benefit  from  his  previous  labors,  ere  he  was  summoned  from 
the  field  of  probation. 


ABIEL  CARTER. 

His  parents  were  Jacob  and  Sarah  (Eastman)  Carter.     His 
father  died  at  Concord,  New  Hampshire,  January,  1805,  aged 
3 


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50,  and  his  mother  at  Amesbury,  Massachusetts,  February 
28,  1835,  aged  78.  He  was  born  at  Concord,  March  2, 
1791.  He  was  instructed  at  the  district  school  till  twelve 
years  old,  when  he  was  sent  to  Hanover,  and  attended  the 
Academy  under  Frederick  Hall.  He  subsequently  went  to 
Salisbury  Academy,  New  Hampshire,  and  thence  to  Collegeo 
Soon  after  graduating,  he  became  engaged  as  an  instructor  of 
youth  and  a  student  of  divinity  in  the  city  of  New  York  for 
two  years.  He  then  received  Episcopal  orders,  and  began  to 
preach  at  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  which  he  continued  for 
the  same  period.  His  next  field  of  labor  was  Trenton,  New 
Jersey.  Here  he  remained  the  same  length  of  time.  He  pro- 
ceeded to  the  South,  and  was  settled  in  Savannah,  Georgia, 
where  he  discharged  the  duties  of  his  office  in  bringing  others 
to  the  Saviour  of  souls,  till  the  day  of  his  last  illness,  which 
proved  mortal  November  1,  1827.  He  married  Maria, 
daughter  of  Pev.  Abraham  Beach,  of  New  Brunswick,  New 
Jersey,  October,  1817.  His  wife,  who  deceased  October  29, 
1827,  preceded  him  sixty  hours  in  entering  on  the  scenes  of 
eternity,  and  realizing,  as  we  trust,  with  him,  the  blessedness 
of  tried  and  true  faith.  The  disease  which  closed  their 
earthly  course,  was  the  yellow  fever.  Their  children  are 
Anna,  wife  of  Pev.  Charles  Aldis,  of  Detroit,  Michigan ;  Pev. 
Abraham  Beach,  of  Yonkers,  New  York  ;  and  Sarah  L.  E.^ 
who  resides  with  her  brother.  May  the  covenant  mercies  of 
the  parents  ever  be  the  portion  of  their  posterity. 


JAMES  CHUTE. 

James  Chute  was  the  son  of  James  Chute,  who  was  born 
in  Powley,  Massachusetts,  1755,  and  who  died  in  Madison, 
Indiana,  April  8,  1825.  His  mother's  name  was  Mehitable 
Thurston.  She  was  born  in  Powley,  1753,  and  died  October 
19,  1819.  He  was  born  in  Powley,  November  15,  1788, 
and  died  at  Fort  Wayne,  December  25,  1835.     He  mar- 


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ried  Martha  Hewes  Clap,  of  Boston,  for  his  first  wife,  and 
Mary  H.  Hubbard  Crane,  of  New  York  city,  for  his  second. 
He  has  had  five  children  :  Bichard,  Sarah  Caroline  Requa, 
James  Thurston,  Samuel  Hewes,  and  Eliza  Jeannette.  Three 
of  these,  Eichard,  Sarah  and  James,  are  married,  and  have 
each  one  child. 

Mr.  Chute  fitted  for  College  at  the  Dummer  Academy. 
He  taught  a  school  during  his  vacations.  For  a  few  years 
after  he  graduated,  he  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  at  the 
"West.  But  he  subsequently  studied  divinity  with  Eev.  James 
Wilson,  D.  D.,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio  ;  was  then  engaged  in 
the  Deaf  and  Dumb  Asylum,  and  was  afterwards  Chaplain 
of  the  State  Prison  at  Columbus.  Having  resigned  his  last 
situation,  he  was  settled  at  Fort  Wayne,  where  he  remained 
until  his  death. 

The  study  and  effort  of  Mr.  Chute  were  to  fill  his  years 
with  usefulness,  and  in  this  he  was  divinely  enabled  to  suc- 
ceed. 


AUGUSTUS  COOLIDGE. 

Augustus  Coolidge  was  son  of  Augustus,  who  lived  in  a 
part  of  Boxborough,  formerly  of  Stow,  in  Massachusetts,  and 
moved  with  his  family  about  1815,  to  Madison,  New  York, 
and  afterwards  to  the  central  part  of  Ohio,  where  he  died  in 
1823.  He  was  born  May  21,  1788.  Having  graduated,  he 
studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Charles  Newell,  of  Stow.  He 
accompanied  his  father  to  the  State  of  New  York,  and  con- 
tinued with  him  there  one  year.  He  then  left,  being  in 
feeble  health,  and  went  to  reside  with  Dr.  William  Watson, 
of  Bedford,  Pennsylvania.  After  four  years  residence  in 
this  quarter,  his  relatives  in  Madison  received  a  letter,  in 
1820,  stating  that  he  was  afflicted  with  a  lingering  consump- 
tion. He  continued  till  April  6,  1821,  when  he  committed 
his  spirit  to  the  hands   of  the  Saviour,  whom  he  trusted  and 


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confessed,  as  the  Author  of  his  salvation.  Though  a  modest 
and  reserved  man,  he  was  endowed  with  good  talents  and  a 
disposition  to  improve  them  as  his  strength  would  allow. 


DANIEL    CRAM. 

Daniel  Cram,  of  Francestown,  New  Hampshire,  had  his 
birth  April  22,  1794.  His  father  was  born  "  at  Salisbury, 
near  Hampton,"  September  14,  1768,  and  died  May  1,  1853. 
His  mother,  daughter  of  Deacon  David  Lewis,  of  Frances- 
town,  was  born  August  20,  1771,  and  died  August  25, 
1831.  With  a  slender  constitution,  he  engaged,  after  gradu- 
ating, in  the  instruction  of  a  public  school  at  Orford.  While 
thus  usefully  occupied,  he  gave  satisfaction  to  his  employers. 
Looking  forward  to  the  course  which  he  might  pursue  in  life, 
consumption  appeared  to  have  marked  him  as  one  in  its  long 
train  of  victims.  He  made  an  excursion  to  Boston,  in  hopes 
that  he  would  be  benefited.  But  he  returned  to  the  house 
of  his  parents,  and  there,  amid  the  kindest  of  attentions,  fell 
asleep,  October  3,  1814,  with  the  consolations  of  piety  for  his 
support. 


FREDERICK  GUSHING. 

Frederick  Cushing  was  son  of  Colonel  John  and  Olive 
dishing.  He  had  his  birth  at  South  Berwick,  Maine, 
March  24,  1792.  He  studied  medicine  after  leaving  College. 
He  was  the  first  person  married  by  his  classmate,  Rev.  Daniel 
Austin,  at  Brighton,  Massachusetts.  His  bride  was  Eliza 
Lanesford,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Foster,  D.  D.  She  was 
authoress  of  the  interesting  work,  known  as  ( The  Rivals  of 
Acadia,'  etc.    After  marriage,  Dr.  Cushing  resided  in  Brattle- 


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borough,  Vermont,  and  then  in  Montreal,  Canada.  Here 
he  closed  life,  August  6,  1846.  He  had  no  children,  but 
his  wife  still  survives  to  reflect  on  his  virtues  with  the 
mixed  and  varied  feelings  of  joy  and  sadness. 


AUSTIN  DICKINSON. 

Austin  Dickinson  was  born  in  Amherst,  Massachusetts, 
February  15,  1791.  His  parents  were  Azariah  and  Mary 
(Eastman)  Dickinson.  He  fitted  for  College  at  New  Salem 
and  Deerfleld  Academies,  and  with  Rev.  Josiah  W.  Cannon, 
of  Gill,  Massachusetts.  He  had  charge  of  a  district  school 
in  Leverett,  of  the  same  State,  one  season  before  he  grad- 
uated. He  read  law  in  his  native  place  two  years  after 
leaving  College.  In  1817,  he  taught  a  family  school  one 
year  in  Georgetown,  District  of  Columbia.  In  1818,  he 
studied  six  months  at  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  New 
Jersey,  and  the  same  period  with  He  v.  Enoch  Perkins,  D.  D., 
of  West  Hartford,  Connecticut.  He  was  licensed  to  preach 
February  2,  1819,  by  the  North  Association  of  Hartford 
Co.,  of  the  same  State.  He  was  blessed  with  an  eminently 
pious,  wise  and  faithful  mother,  whose  very  early  train- 
ing deeply  impressed  upon  his  childhood  and  youth  a  high 
sense  of  responsibility,  a  conscientious  regard  to  duty,  and  a 
profound  veneration  for  the  Great  Supreme  in  all  his  mani- 
festations. Her  endeavors  for  his  spiritual  benefit  were 
sanctified  to  his  soul,  so  that  he  was  eminently  prepared  for 
the  duties  of  his  profession.  Though  his  health  was  far 
from  being  robust,  he  had  a  strong  desire,  a  firm  resolution, 
and  exercised  a  patient  continuance  to  imitate  the  example  of 
his  divine  Master.  Hence,  after  traveling  and  preaching  and 
being  otherwise  engaged  for  the  spread  of  pure  religion,  he 
passed  into  East  Tennessee.  Here  he  found  ministers  en- 
gaged to  raise  $10,000  as  a  fund  for  a  Theological  Seminary. 


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By  his  advice,  they  increased  this  sum  to  $35,000.  After  he 
had  secured  pledges  for  about  two-thirds  of  it,  they  commis- 
sioned him  to  visit  several  States  where  he  obtained  the  rest, 
with  the  assistance  of  Mr.  Hardin,  and  returned  to  Maryville, 
July,  1821,  with  the  heart-felt  satisfaction  of  being  so  divine- 
ly favored. 

Having  repeated  his  visit  to  the  Virginia  Springs,  he  went 
to  Richmond  and  spent  several  months  in  the  family  of  Rev. 
John  H.  Rice,  D.  D.  In  the  meanwhile  he  corresponded 
and  took  other  needed  steps,  to  establish  "The  Family 
Visitor."  This  publication  was  the  first  religious  newspaper 
issued  South  of  Mason  and  Dixon's  line.  It  flourished  for 
several  years,  and  exerted  a  wide  and  beneficial  influence.  It 
was  finally  united  with  the  "  Christian  Observer  "  of  Phila- 
delphia. 

Mr.  Dickinson  returned  to  Amherst  in  June,  1822.  He 
was  soon  solicited  to  take  an  agency  for  collecting  funds  and 
assisting  to  obtain  a  charter  for  the  College,  lately  instituted 
there.  After  spending  a  few  months  of  the  autumn  at 
Andover  Theological  Seminary,  he  entered  on  this  important 
service.  Dr.  Humphrey,  former  President  of  the  Institution, 
remarked  as  follows  :  Mr.  Dickinson  "  brought  influences  to 
bear  upon  the  public  mind,  which  few  men  could  have 
wielded  with  such  skill  and  success,  and  to  which  the  College 
is  more  indebted  for  its  establishment  and  prosperity,  than 
one  in  a  hundred  of  its  present  friends  is  or  ever  will  be 
aware  of.  If  it  was  not  the  most  important  work  of  his  life, 
it  was  eminently  worth  living  for."  In  the  winter  of  1822-3, 
and  for  most  of  a  year  while  so  occupied,  he  supplied  the 
pulpit  of  the  first  Congregational  Church  of  his  native  place. 
The  Rev.  Jacob  Abbott,  then  Professor  in  the  College  there, 
made  the  subsequent  criticism :  "Asa  preacher,  Mr.  Dickin- 
son excited  great  attention  at  the  very  commencement  of  his 
career.  There  was  an  imposing  magnificence  in  his  style  ; 
a  grandeur  in  his  imagery  and  in  his  trains  of  thought ;  and 
a  calm  and  quiet,  but  at  the  same  time  emphatic  and  impress- 


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ive  solemnity  in  his  voice  and  utterance,  which  combined  to 
produce  a  certain  sublime  and  sombre  eloquence,  that  pos- 
sessed, for  every  intellectual  person  who  listened  to  it,  an 
inexpressible  charm.  The  services  of  the  Sabbath,  while  he 
officiated,  were  looked  forward  to  with  great  anticipations  of 
pleasure  by  the  officers  and  students  of  the  College,  and  by 
all  the  cultivated  portion  of  the  community." 

Mr.  Dickinson  received  ordination  as  an  Evangelist,  at 
Amherst,  April  19,  1826.  Not  weary  in  well  doing,  and 
desirous  to  aid  in  the  improvement  of  the  American  pulpit, 
and  afford  a  useful  supply  of  reading  for  families  and  destitute 
congregations,  he  began  to  publish,  in  the  city  of  New  York, 
a  monthly  periodical  called  the  f  National  Preacher.'  This 
work  contained  sermons  of  eminent  ministers  among  all  the 
evangelical  denominations.  Within  two  or  three  years,  its 
subscription  list  amounted  to  twelve  thousand.  Mr.  Dickin- 
son continued  its  editor  and  proprietor  twelve  years  and  a 
half.  During  this  period,  he  distributed  gratuitously  nearly 
as  many  of  the  Preacher  as  he  forwarded  to  subscribers.  For 
the  same  time,  he  expended  his  income,  which  was  consider- 
able, except  what  he  very  economically  used  for  his  support, 
and  also  what  leisure  he  had  to  spare,  for  the  promotion  of 
charitable  and  religious  objects.  He  freely  devoted  the 
greater  part  of  1827,  as  editor  to  the  Tract  Society.  He  was 
author  of  Tracts  Number  276,  "  Scriptural  Argument  for 
Temperance,"  Number  283,  "  Appeal  to  American  Youth  on 
Temperance,"  Number  384,  "  The  Day  of  Trial,"  besides 
selecting  and  condensing  many  others.  In  addition  to  this, 
he  often  preached  for  destitute  congregations.  Early  in 
1828,  Mr.  Dickinson  undertook  to  issue  a  new  Monthly, 
entitled  the  e Pastor's  Journal.'  Informed  that  the  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society  intended  to  publish  a  periodical,  he  proposed 
that  his  Journal  should  be  united  with  it,  which  was  accord- 
ingly done. 

In  June,  1831,  for  the  improvement  of  his  health,  and 
objects  of  information  and  usefulness,  Mr.  Dickinson  em- 


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barked  in  company  with  B-ev.  Asahel  Nettleton  for  Europe. 
They  reached  London  when  a  strong  desire  prevailed  in 
England  to  understand  the  character  of  American  revivals. 
On  this  and  other  accounts,  they  were  frequently  invited  to 
attend  pastoral  meetings  and  preach  on  the  Sabbath.  They 
made  many  acquaintances  with  distinguished  clergymen  and 
physicians  in  Great  Britain,  and  acquired  valuable  informa- 
tion of  its  educational  and  benevolent  institutions.  The 
prevalence  of  the  cholera  prevented  their  visit  to  the  Conti- 
nent, and  admonished  them  to  return  home.  This  they  did 
in  the  autumn  of  1832. 

His  health  having  become  more  impaired  and  his  eyes 
severely  inflamed,  Mr.  Dickinson  was  urged  by  his  friends  to 
relinquish  the  care  of  the  f  National  Preacher,'  in  which  he 
published  various  sermons,  and  seek  for  a  rural  residence. 
He  concluded,  in  the  fall  of  1888,  to  engage  in  obtaining 
subscribers  for  the  New  York  Observer.  This  he  prosecuted 
with  his  accustomed  energy  and  perseverance  for  almost  six 
years.  In  the  spring  of  1844,  Mr.  Dickinson  commenced 
his  last  important  enterprise.  In  reference  to  it  his  language 
follows  :  "  From  my  connection  with  the  press,  and  inter- 
course with  editors  of  various  classes  for  some  twenty  years, 
the  desirableness  of  making  common  secular  newspapers  the 
channels  of  a  decidedly  religious  influence  often  recurred  to 
my  mind.  But  it  was  not  till  after  a  more  particular  investi- 
gation of  their  numbers  and  vast  controlling  influence,  that  I 
felt  urged,  by  an  imperative  sense  of  duty,  to  volunteer  in  a 
special  effort  for  their  improvement."  A  distinguished 
author  said  of  him,  January,  1849,  while  ably  and  success- 
fully prosecuting  so  noble  a  work,  "  He  possesses  in  a  very 
unusual  degree,  the  high  intellectual  and  moral  qualifications 
requisite  for  the  successful  execution  of  such  a  plan."  After 
a  winter  of  labor,  which  severely  taxed  his  mental  and  physi- 
cal powers,  Mr.  Dickinson  left  Boston  in  the  spring,  where 
he  had  spent  most  of  the  year,  and  sought  rest  in  the  family 
of  his  brother  in  the  city  of  New  York.     Here  he  was  seized 


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with  the  cholera,  and  died  August  15,  1849,  with  the  strong 
hope  of  a  blessed  immortality.  His  remains  were  removed  to 
and  buried  in  the  town  of  his  birth.  The  place  of  their  repose 
is  denoted  by  a  chaste  and  beautiful  monument,  erected  by  a 
few  of  his  friends.  "  Behold  the  upright,  for  the  end  of  that 
man  is  peace." 

In  his  domestic  as  well  as  in  his  other  relations,  Mr.  Dick- 
inson adorned  the  doctrines  of  his  Saviour.  He  married 
Laura  Camp,  eldest  daughter  of  Mr.  Joel  Camp,  of  Litch- 
field county,  Connecticut,  then  of  New  York,  April  26, 
1836.  Her  talents,  education  and  sympathies  well  fitted 
her  to  be  his  help-meet  indeed.  They  had  one  daughter, 
who  died  in  infancy.  His  wife  survived  him,  and  was 
married  April  15,  1852,  to  Eev.  Dirck  C.  Lansing,  D.  D., 
of  Brooklyn,  New  York.  The  blessing  of  the  Highest  ever 
rests  on  the  devoted  followers  of  his  Son. 


JAMES  DINSMOEE. 

James  Dinsmoke  had  his  birth,  at  Windham,  New  Hamp- 
shire, August  24,  1790.  His  parents  were  John  Dinsmore, 
and  Susannah  Bell,  daughter  of  John  Bell,  of  Londonderry, 
and  sister  to  Samuel  and  John  Bell,  formerly  Governors  of 
the  Granite  State.  He  studied  at  the  Atkinson  Academy, 
under  Mr.  John  Yose,  and  then  at  the  Londonderry  Academy, 
in  preparation  for  College.  After  entering  as  freshman,  he 
taught  school  each  winter  of  his  four  years  course.  Having 
received  his  first  degree,  he  read  law  with  John  Porter,  Esq., 
of  Londonderry,  and  afterwards  in  the  office  of  Judge  Turner, 
in  Natchez,  Mississippi.  Induced  by  favorable  offers  of  a 
friend  to  leave  the  legal  profession  and  engage  with  him  in 
cultivating  a  plantation  for  cotton  and  sugar,  he  accordingly 
became  occupied  in  this  business.  Thus  employed,  he  spent 
twenty-five  years  in  Mississippi  and  Louisiana.  But  the 
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climate  not  being  favorable  to  his  health,  he  removed  to 
Kentucky,  where  he  has  resided  fourteen  years.  As  to  his 
domestic  relations,  he  was  married  in  1829  to  Martha 
Macomb,  daughter  of  Alexander  Macomb,  of  Georgetown, 
District  of  Columbia,  and  sister  to  Governor  Macomb.  He 
writes,  "  We  have  two  daughters  living,  whom  the  mother 
thinks  remarkably  fine." 

Tall,  stout,  and  athletic  when  young,  as  well  as  at  present, 
there  is  a  nobleness  of  bearing  in  his  person  and  manners. 
He  remarks,  u  Although  I  have  lived  so  long  in  the  back- 
woods, among  those  who  are  considered  by  many  in  the  East 
as  wild  and  dangerous  people,  I  have  never  fought  a  duel, 
never  received  a  challenge,  never  been  shot  at."  Pursuing 
the  even  tenor  of  his  life,  he  has  consented,  at  times,  to 
serve  as  a  magistrate  and  member  of  the  County  Court.  As 
an  author,  he  has  contributed  various  communications  to  the 
public  prints,  on  agricultural  and  political  economy. 

In  his  letter,  he  mentions  several  events,  relative  to  his 
class-mates,  which  denote  his  kind  affections  towards  them. 
He  dwells  with  pleasure  on  a  pedestrian  excursion  with  Felt, 
in  their  sophomore  year,  to  the  top  of  Ascutney  Mountain, 
He  says,  "  Many  years  ago,  I  went  into  the  legislative  hall  at 
Natchez  and  saw  what  appeared  to  be  the  ghost  of  Austin 
Dickinson.  He  was  reading  a  communication  to  the  Legis- 
lature, which  I  found  was  an  application  for  assistance  to 
establish  a  Theological  College  in  Tennessee.  He  appeared 
to  have  worked  himself  down  until  he  was  but  the  shadow 
of  a  shade.  I  afterwards  met  him  in  Boston  and  New  York, 
ever,  like  his  Master,  going  about  doing  good."  With  refer- 
ence to  meeting  with  survivors  of  his  class  the  last  year,  his 
words  are,  "To  enjoy  the  same  pleasure,  I  would  travel 
twice  as  far  this  year."  When  the  time  for  such  sessions  is 
closed  with  them,  may  he  and  they  be  fitted  for  those  which 
have  no  end  and  ever  abound  in  wisdom  and  blessedness. 


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TPIOMAS  M.  EDWARDS. 

Thomas  M.  Edwards  was  born  at  Keene,  New  Hamp- 
shire, December  16,  1795.  His  parents  were  Thomas  and 
Matilda  (Chandler)  Edwards.  The  former  of  these  two  died 
April  12,  1837,  aged  eighty  years,  and  the  latter  November 
24,  1843,  at  the  same  age ;  both  of  them  deceased  at  Keene. 
The  instruction  of  Mr.  Edwards,  for  entrance  into  College, 
was  chiefly  under  the  Rev.  John  Sabin,  of  Fitzwilliam.  After 
graduation,  he  read  law  with  Foster  Alexander,  Esq.,  of 
Keene,  Hon.  Thomas  Burgess,  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
and  Hon.  Henry  Hubbard,  of  Charlestown,  New  Hampshire. 
He  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  the  place  of  his 
birth  in  1817,  and  continued  it  until  1845.  In  the  year  last 
named,  he  was  appointed  President  of  the  Cheshire  Railroad, 
extending  fifty  miles,  from  Bellows  Falls,  Vt.,  to  South 
Ashburnham,  Mass.  He  held  this  trust  to  1852,  when  he 
had  the  satisfaction  of  reporting,  that  he  had  seen  to  the 
entire  construction  of  the  road  and  to  having  it  put  in  full 
operation.  In  addition  to  so  responsible  a  position,  Mr.  Ed- 
wards was  Post  Master  from  1817  to  1829;  has  been  at 
various  times  a  Member  of  the  Legislature  ;  is  now  President 
of  the  Ashuelot  Bank,  and  the  Ashuelot  Mutual  Fire  Insur- 
ance Company,  institutions  located  in  Keene. 

As  to  his  domestic  concerns,  Mr.  Edwards  was  married,  on 
the  26th  of  May,  1840,  to  Mary  H.  Fiske,  daughter  of 
Phineas  and  Mary  (Hart)  Fiske,  of  the  same  town.  He  ob- 
serves, "  We  have  had  seven  children,  and  have  six  now 
living."  With  regard  to  publications,  he  has  had  some  legal 
arguments,  addresses,  and  contributions,  on  current  topics  of 
the  day,  printed  in  newspapers.  According  to  his  character- 
istic modesty  and  evenness  of  deportment,  he  expresses  him- 
self, "  I  cannot  say,  that  my  life  has  been  marked  by  any 
very  remarkable  incidents.     I  have  always  been  actively  em- 


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ployed,  professionally  and  otherwise,  and  have  been  reasonably 
succesful  in  all  matters  I  have  undertaken."  This  is  indeed 
a  favorable  lot.     It  points  heavenward. 


DANIEL  ELLIOT. 

In  a  reply,  dated  Marlborough,  Ulster  county,  New  York, 
October  1,  1853,  to  Mr.  Greenleaf,  he  writes  as  follows  : 

"  I  have  before  me  your  Circular,  calling  a  meeting  of  our 
Class  at  the  late  Commencement  of  our  venerable  Alma  Mater. 
That  meeting  has  been  held, — and  with  what  an  overflow  of 
good  feeling  and  depth  of  enjoyment,  none  better  than  your- 
self can  tell.  (  After  forty  years'  wanderings,'  a  remnant — 
scarcely  a  third  part — of  our  goodly  class  have  had  the  priv- 
ilege once  more  'to  look  each  other  in  the  face,'  and  to 
press  each  other's  hands  in  earnest  welcome.  Those  faces 
had  not  passed  unscathed  through  the  discipline  of  forty 
years.  You  will  remember  that  some  of  us  were  sadly  per- 
plexed by  the  marks  that  this  long  period  had  made  upon 
our  persons  ; — and  in  one  instance,  at  least,  all  cue  *  to  per- 
sonal identity  had  been  lost — or  cut  off ! 

"We  parted  in  1813  as  ' hi  juvenes,' — we  met  in  1853  as 
'patres  conscripti,' — yea,  some  of  us  as  conscript  grand- 
fathers. We  parted  with  high  aspirations,  ardent  hopes,  and 
brilliant  expectations  of  the  good  gifts  the  world  had  in  store 
for  us.  We  met  with  changed  views  of  worldly  good — the 
retrospection  of  our  forty  years  of  anxious  toil  and  diverse 
experience  but  ill  comparing  with  those  early  hopes.  Never- 
theless, it  was  a  delightful  meeting — was  it  not  ?  You 
remember    how,   as  we  warmed  up,   hour   after  hour,   and 

*  "  I  hope  I  shall  not  be  accused  of  irreverent  allusion  to  an  object,  which 
I  am  sure  is  affectionately  embalmed  in  the  memory  of  every  brother  of 
the  Class."  [This  refers  to  the  hair  of  Mr.  Greenleaf,  which  he  wore,  in 
college,  tied  up  with  a  piece  of  ribbon.] 


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began  to  '  get  the  hang '  of  each  other's  altered  faces,— 
the  speech,  the  smile,  the  youthful  feeling  of  by-gone  days 
returned,  and  we  were  almost  boys  again  together,  in  spite 
of  bald  heads,  grey  locks,  and  stiffened  muscles.  And  yet, 
Mr.  Chairman,  there  was  a  vein  of  sadness  running  through 
and  tempering  our  enjoyment.  For  example,  when  you 
produced  that  weather-beaten  old  f  Catalogue  for  1810,' 
and  proceeded  to  call  over  the  names  of  the  absent  and  the 
dead,  together  with  those  of  the  present,  how  vividly  the 
cherished  images  of  the  departed  rose  to  the  imagination, 
and  passed  along  in  sad  procession !  A  goodly  company ; 
peace  to  their  manes  ! 

"  But  a  glance  at  your  Circular,  with  its  formidable  f  inter- 
rogatories,' reminds  me  that  I  am  wandering  from  'the 
point  proposed' — a  proceeding  which  I  can  hardly  expect 
to  meet  the  approval  of  your  mathematical  mind.  I  must, 
therefore,  proceed  to  answer  some  of  your  inquiries  of  a 
personal  nature,  if  you  will  allow  me  to  do  it  in  my  own 
way. 

"  I  was  born  on  the  first  of  October,  1792,  in  the  town 
of  Dublin,  Cheshire  county,  New  Hampshire,  under  the 
right  wing  of  that  glorious  old  mountain,  Grand  Monadnock. 
My  grandfather,  William  Elliot,  a  native  of  Haverhill,  Mas- 
sachusetts, was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Mason,  New 
Hampshire,  whence  my  father,  David,  came  to  Dublin 
about  the  year  1780.  He  owned  a  large  farm,  and  was 
one  among  the  most  substantial  and  respected  citizens  of 
the  town.  My  mother,  Lucy  Emery,  was  from  Town- 
send,  Massachusetts.  My  father  died  during  my  infancy, 
and  my  mother  lived  a  widow  for  more  than  fifty  years, 
attaining,  within  a  few  weeks,  to  the  age  of  ninety  years. 
A  just  eulogy  on  her  character  would  be  out  of  place  here. 
Of  two  sons  and  two  daughters  left  in  her  charge,  I  was 
much  the  youngest ;  and  when,  in  due  time,  the  elder 
were  married  and  away,  it  became  a  question  what  was  to  be 
done  with  this  odd  remainder.     District  schools,  in  those 


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days,  were  not  always  our  next-door  neighbors,  nor  were 
they  in  operation  a  sufficient  proportion  of  the  time  to  keep 
an  idle  boy  out  of  mischief.  I  was,  therefore,  sent  to  vari- 
ous schools,  public  and  private,  till  my  fourteenth  year,  when 
I  was  put  into  the  hands  of  a  country  ( store-keeper '  to 
learn  the  art  and  mystery  of  money-making.  But,  though 
under  the  charge  of  a  very  competent  teacher,  (one  of  the 
well-known  Appleton  family,)  by  some  fatality  I  never  got 
thoroughly  imbued  with  the  proper  spirit.  Perhaps  the 
difficulty  is  organic.  Phrenologists  give  me  '  Acquisitive- 
ness, moderate,' — the  more's  the  pity!  Another  difficulty 
was,  that  I  had  charge  of  two  circulating  libraries,  one 
belonging  to  a  society  of  ladies,  the  other  to  the  men. 
After  spending  some  three  years  in  this  position,  I  abandoned 
the  yard-stick  and  scales,  and  began  to  prepare  for  College, 
chiefly  at  Chesterfield  Academy,  and  in  the  fall  of  1810 
joined  the  sophomore  class  at  Dartmouth.  What  our  Col- 
lege life  was,  you,  Mr.  Chairman,  remember,  as  well  as  most 
of  those  who  will  feel  an  interest  in  looking  over  the  pages 
of  this  our  book  of  epitaphs  and  remembrances.  For  myself, 
I  can  truly  say,  that  I  remember  very  much  of  enjoyment, 
and  very  little  of  the  opposite.  I  have,  indeed,  a  dreamy 
kind  of  recollection  of  periodical  fogs,  dense  enough,  almost, 
to  swim  in — of  bitter  cold  morning  exercises  in  the  old 
chapel,  when  our  venerable  President  shook  like  an  aspen 
in  his  everlasting  drab  great-coat ;  and  the  horrors  of  one 
quarter's  board  in  ( commons,'  are  not  fully  erased  from  my 
memory.  Still  I  have  more  frequent  visions  of  cozy  times 
in  the  study  with  my  chum — of  pleasant  scenes  in  the  recit- 
ation room,  animated  society  meetings,  social  pleasures, 
ardent  sports  upon  the  common,  and  all  those  nameless 
enjoyments  that  contribute  to  make  a  College  life  the  happiest 
portion  of  one's  existence.  Yes,  deride  who  may,  I  confess 
to  a  love  for  Alma  Mater,  and  to  a  grateful  remembrance  of 
the  days  passed  under  her  wing.  ( If  I  forget  thee,  O  Jeru- 
salem !  may  my  tongue  cleave  to  the  roof  of  my  mouth ! ' 


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"After  graduating,  I  commenced  the  study  of  medicine, 
and  spent  the  first  year  with  Dr.  Cyrus  Perkins,  then  a  Pro- 
fessor in  the  Medical  College  at  Hanover,  an  inmate  of  his 
family.  The  second  year  was  passed  at  Keene,  with  Dr. 
Amos  Twitchell.  As  both  these  gentlemen  were  distin- 
guished in  their  profession,  particularly  in  surgery,  it  fol- 
lowed, of  course,  that  I  saw  not  a  few  severe  cases  in  the 
course  of  their  practice.  As  the  period  approached  for 
entering  upon  the  professional  field,  relying  upon  my  own 
resources,  I  shrunk  from  the  responsibility,  and  deserted 
from  the  ranks  of  the  profession — thereby,  doubtless,  con- 
tributing to  the  longevity  of  many  friends,  who  have  lived 
unconscious  of  their  escape  from  danger. 

"  In  the  fall  of  1815,  I  set  my  face  southward,  with  a  very 
indefinite  idea  of  what  I  should  find  or  do  there.  Arrived 
at  New  York  city,  I  sought  out  our  friend  Greele,  who  had 
a  flourishing  private  school  a  few  miles  from  town.  Having 
an  invitation  to  teach  mathematics,  latin,  &c,  in  a  Friends' 
boarding  school  for  young  ladies  in  the  same  neighborhood, 
I  remained  there  for  about  a  year.  While  there,  by  a  com- 
plication of  fatalities,  not  necessary  to  be  explained  here,  Mr. 
Greele  and  myself,  with  Luther  Clark,  (whom  some  of  you 
will  recollect,)  became  interested  in  a  manufactory  of  window- 
glass  and  trading  establishment,  located  under  the  south  wing 
of  the  Catskill  Mountains,  in  Ulster  county,  N.  Y.  In  fur- 
therance of  our  objects,  I  consented  to  take  up  my  abode  on 
the  premises,  and  undertook  the  general  charge  of  the  busi- 
ness. It  is  hardly  possible  to  conceive  of  a  greater  change, 
or  more  violent  contrast  in  pursuits  or  manner  of  life,  than 
I  then  encountered.  The  business  was  extensive,  hazardous, 
laborious  and  complicated.  It  placed  me  in  the  midst  of  a 
rude  population,  some  of  whom  could  scarcely  speak  Eng- 
lish, and  in  charge  of  a  large  number  of  operatives,  mostly 
foreigners,  of  intemperate  habits  and  offensive  manners. 
How  unlike  my  previous  manner  of  life,  and  especially  to 
the  quiet  school-room  of  my  gentle  Quaker  pupils !     How- 


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ever,  I  fought  my  way  through,  with  a  gradual  amelioration 
in  the  state  of  things,  for  the  term  of  ten  weary  years,  and 
was  glad  to  escape  at  last  without  serious  disaster  to  myself 
or  others. 

"In  1818,  I  married  Abby  Greele,  (sister  of  our  class- 
mate,) a  native  of  Wilton,  N.  H.,  then  residing  with  her 
brother  near  New  York.  In  1827, 1  removed  to  New  York 
city,  and  became  connected  with  Mr.  Greele  in  the  commis- 
sion business,  chiefly  devoted  to  paper  and  collateral  branches 
of  trade.  This  connection  continued,  with  some  modifications, 
till  1838,  when  Mr.  Greele  withdrew.  I  continued  in  the 
business,  with  other  partners,  till  1844,  when  I  again  turned 
my  face  country- ward,  and  purchased  a  small  farm  on  the 
right  bank  of  the  Hudson,  seven  miles  north  of  Newburg, 
where  I  have  vegetated  up  to  this  present  writing,  and  where 
I  shall  be  most  happy  to  greet  you,  Mr.  Chairman,  or  any  of 
our  confreres. 

"  But  I  see  that  I  have  not  yet  done  with  the  ( interroga- 
tories '  in  your  Circular,  (some  of  which  are  rather  search- 
ing,) notwithstanding  all  this  garrulity.  To  questions  eight 
and  nine,  I  reply, — Of  children  we  count  four,  viz:  (1.) 
Lucy  Ann,  born  1819,  educated  in  New  York,  and  married 
to  Augustus  F.  Smith,  Counsellor  at  Law,  of  the  same  city. 
(2.)  Augustus  Greele,  born  1821,  graduated  at  Yale  1839, 
went  through  a  full  course  of  medical  studies  in  New  York, 
now  in  Poughkeepsie ;  married  Elizabeth  A.  Proctor,  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  Amos  Proctor,  of  New  York.  (3.)  Henry 
Bond,  born  1823,  graduated  at  New  York  University  in 
1840,  educated  for  the  ministry  at  Union  Theological  Sem- 
inary, New  York,  and  at  Andover,  now  in  Springfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts; married  Martha  A.  Skinner,  daughter  of  Bev. 
Dr.  T.  H.  Skinner,  of  New  York.  (4.)  Caroline  Cornelia 
Greele,  born  1826,  educated  in  New  York  ;  married  George 
J.  Cornell,  Counsellor  at  Law,  also  of  New  York. 

"  As  you  forgot  to  inquire  after  the  third  generation,  I  will 
merely  remark,  in  passing,  that  we  rejoice  in  twelve  grand- 


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children, — a    hopeful    progeny!      Which    of    you    counts 


more  : 


?" 


Thus  we  have  gladly  quoted  from  Mr.  Elliot's  classic  and 
highly  interesting  letter,  what  is  far  better  than  the  com- 
mittee could  offer.  Though  he  has  been  engaged  in  active 
business,  not  so  congenial  with  letters  as  other  occupations,  yet 
he  evidently  still  retains  his  strong  attachment  for  them,  and 
has  laudably  cultivated  his  acquaintance  with  them.  A  friend 
of  his  informs  us,  as  we  should  naturally  suppose  from  our 
recollection  of  his  taste  for  the  fine  arts  while  in  College,  that 
at  his  seat  on  the  Hudson,  he  has  a  fine  collection  of  Paint- 
ings. We  are  glad  that  the  superior  mind,  which  can  appre- 
ciate and  enjoy  the  works  of  human  and  divine  skill,  has  the 
means  of  being  so  gratified. 


EBENEZER  EVERETT. 

Ebenezer  Everett  was  born  at  Francestown,  New  Hamp- 
shire, August  31,  1789.  His  father,  having  served  as  a 
soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  his  mother,  L.  Battle, 
moved  from  Dedham,  Massachusetts,  to  that  place.  The  first 
of  his  parents  died  twenty-five  years  ago,  and  the  second  now 
survives,  at  the  age  of  ninety-eight  years.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  June  6,  1815.  He  was  installed  at  Ogden,  Mon- 
roe county,  New  York,  and  afterwards  at  Oak's  corner, 
Ontario  county,  of  the  same  State.  He  took  a  dismission 
from  this  parish  the  last  year.  Since  then  he  has  been  labors 
iously  engaged  in  Genesee  county,  in  collecting  funds  and 
distributing  the  Scriptures  for  their  Bible  Society. 

Mr.  Everett  married  Betsey  Post,  of  Durham  county, 
New  York,  October,  1817.  She  lived  nearly  eight  years, 
and  left  two  daughters,  the  eldest  of  whom  survives,  and  is 
the  wife  of  Addison  A.  Hayes,  Esq.  After  continuing  a 
widower  nearly  five  years,  he  married  Laura  M.  Stanley, 
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daughter  of  Nathan  Walden,  of  Canandaigua,  New  York, 
who  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  is  now  ninety- 
two  years  old  and  resides  with  his  family.  By  his  second 
wife  he  has  had  several  children,  two  sons  of  whom  live  and 
are  usefully  employed. 

Mr.  Everett  is  a  strong  advocate  for  temperance  and  anti- 
slavery.  He  has  labored  long  and  zealously  to  promote  the 
cause  of  morality  and  religion.  He  observes,  "  I  have  seen 
but  few  of  my  class-mates  since  leaving  College.  A  star 
tells  the  tale  in  regard  to  the  most  of  them/'  He  still 
speaks  of  his  readiness  and  strength  to  discharge  the  duties  of 
a  gospel  minister.  His  language  indicates  that  he  knows 
the  worth  of  a  good  hope  in  Christ,  and  that  this  is  his  light 
in  darkness,  his  joy  in  sorrow,  and  his  encouragement  to  look 
for  perfect  rest  beyond  the  grave. 


BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN  FARNSWORTH. 

Benjamin  Franklin  Farnsworth  was  born  in  Bridgton, 
Maine,  December  IT,  1793.  He  was  the  third  of  eight 
children  of  his  parents,  who  were  both  natives  of  Groton, 
Massachusetts.  His  father,  Samuel,  was  of  English  descent, 
and  an  eminent  physician  in  the  town  of  Bridgton,  having 
an  extensive  practice  in  the  surrounding  country.  His 
mother,  Betsey  Fitch,  was  daughter  of  Zechariah  Fitch,  of 
Scotch  origin.  He  was  father  of  a  numerous  family.  He 
was  owner  of  a  large  tract  of  land  in  what  was  then  called 
"  District  of  Maine,"  in  consequence  of  which  his  daughter 
Betsey,  after  her  marriage,  and  several  of  his  other  children, 
settled  there,  and  many  of  their  descendants  are  still  residing 
in  the  same  quarter. 

Benjamin  entered  the  freshman  year.  One  of  the  most 
important  events  in  his  College  life,  was  his  experience 
of  an  affectionate   trust  in   Christ   as   his   only  Redeemer. 


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After  graduating,  he  began  his  theological  course  with  Rev. 
Edward  Payson,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  one  of  the  Congregational 
Churches  in  Portland,  Maine,  with  whom  he  remained  one 
year.  During  this  time  his  mind  was  led  particularly  to 
examine  the  subject  of  baptism,  and  by  the  impulse  of  his 
mind  and  suggestion  of  his  tutor,  he  spent  a  season  in  fasting 
and  prayer  for  divine  direction.  The  result  was,  he  became 
convinced  that  the  scriptural  view  on  the  subject  inculcated 
that  believers  are  the  only  subjects,  and  immersion  the  only 
mode  of  baptism. 

The  following  year  he  studied  with  Pev.  William  Stough- 
ton,  D.  D.,  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  Immediately 
after  closing  his  studies  with  Dr.  Stoughton,  he  accepted  a 
call  to  the  pastoral  charge  of  the  Baptist  Church  in  Edenton, 
North  Carolina,  where  he  received  ordination,  and  August 
20,  1817,  was  married  in  Boston,  by  Pev.  Dr.  Baldwin,  to 
Miss  Julia  A.  Gushing.  Miss  Cushing  was  daughter  of 
John  and  Julia  Cushing,  of  Boston,  and  grand-daughter  of 
Pev.  Dr.  Cushing,  at  that  time  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
Church  in  Ashburnham,  Massachusetts.  In  consequence  of 
the  failure  of  Mrs.  Farnsworth's  health  in  Edenton,  he 
resigned  the  pastoral  care  of  the  church  in  less  than  two 
years,  and  returned  to  her  native  State.  The  event  of  her 
death  took  place  in  Middleborough,  Massachusetts,  Septem- 
ber IT,  1819.  She  left  two  children.  The  daughter  died 
in  early  infancy ;  the  son,  Henry  Fitch,  survived,  and  married 
Charlotte  M.  Palmer,  of  Memphis,  Tennessee,  where  they 
reside. 

Mr.  Farnsworth,  in  the  ardor  of  youth,  intended  to  devote 
himself  to  a  foreign  mission,  but  the  state  of  his  health,  and 
other  events  of  Providence,  indicating  that  he  would  not  be 
able  to  sustain  the  duties  of  the  pastoral  office,  he  devoted 
himself  to  the  object  of  education.  Soon  after  his  return 
from  Edenton,  he  took  charge  of  the  Academy  in  Middle- 
borough. 

August  2,   1821,  Mr.  Farns worth  was  the  second  time 


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united  in  marriage,  by  He  v.  Dr.  Baldwin,  to  Miss  Maria  C. 
Ripley,  daughter  of  John  and  Jane  Ripley,  and  sister  of  Prof. 
H.  J.  Ripley,  D.  D.,  of  the  Newton  Theological  Institution. 
By  his  second  marriage  he  had  five  children,  two  of  whom 
only  survive.  The  daughter,  Julia  Maria,  married  P.  H. 
Thomson,  living  near  Lexington,  Kentucky.  The  son, 
Thomas  Ripley,  married  Miss  Nannie  H.  Thomson,  of  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio. 

In  September  of  the  same  year,  having  been  solicited  by 
the  Trustees  of  Bridgewater  (Massachusetts)  Academy  to 
become  its  preceptor,  he  complied  with  their  invitation. 
Here  he  found  himself  too  much  limited  in  his  religious 
efforts  to  admit  of  his  doing  as  much  for  the  spiritual  welfare 
of  his  pupils  as  his  feelings  and  sense  of  duty  required. 
He  remained  in  Bridgewater  only  two  years,  when,  being 
requested  to  open  a  High  School  for  young  ladies  in  Worces- 
ter, Massachusetts,  he  removed  thither  and  sustained  a  high 
reputation  as  a  teacher.  An  interim  here  occurred,  during 
which  he  became  editor  of  the  ' Christian  Watchman,'  a  paper 
published  in  Boston. 

Subsequently,  he  was  solicited  to  take  charge  of  the  New 
Hampton  Institution,  located  in  New  Hampshire,  as  Princi- 
pal of  the  Academical  department  and  Professor  of  Theology. 
After  mature  deliberation  and  prayerful  consideration,  he 
accepted  the  unanimous  appointment,  and  entered  upon  his 
duties  in  May,  1826.  Here  he  spent  seven  of  the  most 
useful  years  of  his  life,  a  blessing  to  the  Institution,  and  being 
blessed  himself  in  seeing  abundant  proof  of  the  favor  of 
Heaven  upon  his  laborious  efforts.  Here  he  probably  would 
have  lived  and  labored  many  years  longer,  had  he  not  been 
requested  to  take  the  Presidency  of  Georgetown  College,  in 
Kentucky.  After  proper  consideration,  he  thought  favorably 
of  going ;  but  subsequently  learning  some  facts  of  an  un- 
pleasant character  connected  with  the  College,  he  abandoned 
the  idea.  But  how  very  favorably  his  labors  at  New  Hamp- 
ton were  appreciated  by  the  Trustees  and  Overseers  of  the 


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Institution,  may  be  learned  from  one  of  their  resolves,  when 
informed  of  his  death.  "  Resolved,  That  we  acknowledge 
with  gratitude  the  kindness  of  God  in  raising  up  instruments, 
adapted  to  particular  exigencies  ;  and  that  the  patrons  of  the 
Institution  have  occasion  to  cherish,  with  lively  emotions, 
the  memory  of  the  deceased,  who  contributed  so  largely  to 
its  prosperity  and  usefulness." 

The  next  two  years  he  spent  in  Providence,  P.  I.,  where 
he  established  two  High  Schools  ;  one  for  young  gentlemen, 
the  other  for  young  ladies.  He  was  then  requested  to  visit 
Georgetown,  which  he  accordingly  did  ;  and  after  receiving 
a  unanimous  appointment,  he  accepted  the  Presidency  and 
entered  upon  the  duties  in  the  autumn  of  1836.  But  the 
College  was  again  destined  to  wade  through  difficulties 
which  had  a  serious  bearing  upon  its  prospects,  and  rendered 
Mr.  Farnsworth's  situation  very  unhappy ;  and  in  less  than 
one  year  he  resigned  the  Presidency,  and  was  induced  to 
remove  to  Louisville,  Kentucky,  where  he  commenced  a 
School  which  he  intended  as  the  nucleus  of  a  College.  He 
succeeded  in  organizing  a  Board  of  Trustees,  and  prepared 
a  charter  which  was  passed  by  the  Legislature.  He  also 
obtained  an  annual  appropriation  from  the  city,  and  received 
the  appointment  of  President.  Thus  the  beginning  was 
made  which,  after  a  lapse  of  years,  has  resulted  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Louisville.  The  degree  of  D.  D.  was  conferred 
on  him  by  the  Trustees  of  Georgetown  College,  during  the 
administration  of  Rev.  Howard  Malcom,  D.  D.,  now  Presi- 
dent of  Lewisburg  College,  Pa. 

A  reviewer  of  his  life  made  the  subsequent  remarks  : 
"  Prom  this  narrative  it  is  clear,  that  the  lamented  Farns- 
worth  may  properly  be  called  a  '  Master  Builder '  in  the 
Temple  of  Science,  and  that  generations  yet  unborn  shall 
reap  the  fruit  of  his  labors.  I  feel  that  he  should  not  be 
permitted  to  sink  into  the  grave  without  some  public 
acknowledgment,  some  fair  exhibition  of  his  achievements  in 
the  noble  cause  of  education.     He  richly  merits  the  name 


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and  the  praise  of  a  benefactor  to  his  race.  His  feeble  con- 
stitution did  not  permit  him  to  take  the  pastoral  charge  of  a 
church,  yet  when  his  strength  permitted,  and  God  in  his 
providence  opened  a  door,  he  delighted  to  point  his  fellow 
sinners  to  ( the  Lamb  of  God  which  taketh  away  the  sin  of 
the  world.'" 

Another  writer  added  the  following :  "  The  friends  of  Dr. 
Farnsworth  know  that,  for  years  past,  his  general  health  has 
been  feeble.  They  will  be  glad  to  learn  that,  from  occa- 
sional mental  depression  he  happily  emerged  some  time  pre- 
vious to  mortal  dissolution,  and  in  auspicious  sunrise  was 
gently  loosened  from  the  shores  of  time,  to  be  with  Christ. 
If  his  faith  for  a  season  had  been  buried  in  the  waters  of 
adversity,  it  was  that  it  might  thence  emerge  with  a  purer 
whiteness.  We  learn  that  he  was  perfectly  conscious  in  his 
last  hours.  Being  asked  how  he  felt  in  view  of  death, 
he  replied,  i  Glory  to  God  !  I  am  going  home  ;  my  home 
is  in  heaven  ! '  Referring  to  his  protracted  suffering,  he 
said,  i  A  long  sickness  and  a  slow  death  ; '  and  repeated  the 
lines — 

'  Why  do  my  minutes  move  so  slow, 
Nor  my  salvation  come  ? ' 

The  moment  at  length  arrived  when  the  burden  and  the 
heat  were  to  be  over,  and  the  servant  was  to  be  rewarded 
for  faithful  toil. 

'  He  closed  his  eyelids  with  a  tranquil  smile, 
And  seemed  to  rest  in  silent  prayer  awhile.'  " 


SAMUEL   FARNSWORTH. 

Samuel  Farnsworth  was  son  of  Doctor  Samuel  and 
Betsey  Farnsworth,  who  moved  from  Groton,  Massachusetts, 
to  Bridgton,  Maine,  where  he  was  born,  October  19,  1791. 
He  prepared  for  College  at  Fryeburg  Academy,  under  the 


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tuition  of  Amos  J.  Cook.  He  studied  medicine  with  his 
father,  after  receiving  his  first  degree,  and  the  last  six 
months  of  his  professional  studies  in  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
with  Dr.  George  C.  Shattuck.  He  took  his  medical  degree 
at  Hanover,  New  Hampshire,  in  the  autumn  of  1816.  He 
began  practice  in  his  native  place,  with  his  father.  Their 
partnership  continued  a  year,  and  then  he  moved  to  North 
Bridgton,  where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  days.  He 
married  Nancy  Mussey,  of  Standish,  Maine,  September  16, 
1817.  They  had  the  following  children  :  Harriet  Mussey, 
born  April  10,  1819,  married  to  Dr.  Moses  C.  Richard- 
son, August  23,  1846,  and  died  June  1,  1848,  leaving  an 
infant,  but  five  days  old,  to  her  mother.  This  child  still 
lives  with  its  worthy  grandparent.— George  Shattuck,  born 
January  11,  1821,  who  resides  at  North  Bridgton,  as  a 
merchant.  He  married  Cordelia  C.  Frye,  December,  1847, 
and  has  one  child,  born  September  16,  1849. — Charles 
Henry,  born  June  14,  1823.  He  studied  with  Dr.  Thomas 
F.  Perley,  and  received  a  medical  degree  at  New  York, 
March,  1847.  He  married  Lois  S.  Nelson,  of  Jay,  Maine, 
June,  1849,  who  died  the  following  13th  of  September.  For 
his  second  wife,  he  married  Elizabeth  A.  Hazen,  February  18, 
1853,  adopted  daughter  of  Nathan  W.  Hazen,  Esq.,  of 
Andover,  Massachusetts. — Caroline  Dana,  born  May,  31, 
1825.— Ellen  Amelia,  born  April  10,  1831.— Maria  A., 
born  January  11,  1835.  The  last  three  daughters  reside 
with  their  mother  at  North  Bridgton. 

After  experiencing  various  scenes,  common  to  the  lot  of 
man  in  a  world  of  sin  and  change,  Dr.  Farnsworth  was  called 
to  take  his  leave  of  all  he  held  dear  in  life,  April  13,  1842. 
(C  He  was  a  successful  physician  and  surgeon,  particularly  the 
latter,  owing  in  part  to  a  calm,  cool,  deliberate  temperament, 
added  to  a  thorough  knowledge  of  his  profession.  As  a  son, 
he  was  obedient  and  dutiful.  As  a  husband,  very  kind  and 
affectionate.  As  a  father,  attentive  and  indulgent."  So 
speaks  a  love,  which  many  waters  cannot  quench. 


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JOSEPH  B.  FELT. 

As  the  class  interrogatories  lay  before  him,  the  writer  can 
hardly  restrain  the  expression,-— What  is  the  nse  for  him  to 
give  prominent  points  in  his  earthly  course,  and  have  them 
clad  in  the  varied  forms  of  typographic  art  ?  What  will  it 
be  to  the  countless  myriads  of  his  race,  who  have,  do  and 
will  exist,  till  they  shall  have  put  on  their  immortality, 
according  to  probationary  principles  and  conduct  ?  Still 
more,  what  can  it  be  to  the  higher  order  of  intelligences, 
from  the  lowest  angels  to  the  Infinite  ?  It  cannot  be  even 
as  the  dust  to  the  balance.  On  the  boundless  waters  of  dura- 
tion, it  can  scarcely  cause  the  least  visible  undulation.  Still 
the  Ruler  of  the  universe  has  so  fitted  the  human  family  for 
a  wise  purpose,  to  exert  an  influence  on  all  the  accountable 
offspring  of  his  power,  that  they  have  sympathies  and  aspira- 
tions, which  may  be  dutifully  gratified  by  taking  note  of 
mutual  changes  and  experiences. 

Mr.  Felt  was  born  in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  December  22, 
1789.  His  parents  were  John  and  Elizabeth  (Curtis)  Felt. 
He  well  remembers  how  they  tenderly  and  faithfully  watched 
over  him,  and  provided  for  his  reasonable  wants ;  and  how 
that,  like  other  children,  he  had  stronger  faith  in  his  parental 
declarations  than  in  those  of  all  the  world  beside. 

One  of  his  earliest  recollections,  indicative  of  decisive 
bias,  was  the  following.  On  the  cold,  snowy  morning  of 
January  14,  1796,  he  heard  that  a  man  was  to  be  executed 
for  murder.  Silent  and  alone,  he  walked  half  a  mile  from 
his  home  to  the  prison,  there  made  his  way  through  a  dense 
crowd  to  the  cart  which  held  the  prisoner,  Henry  Blackburn, 
and  intently  watched  the  sad  ceremonies  of  fitting  him  for  the 
scene  of  the  gallows.  Having  scrutinized  the  prisoner,  sitting 
upon  his  coffin,  dressed  in  the  habiliments  common  for  the 
occasion,  he  followed  him  to  the  Episcopal  church,  where  a 


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sermpn  was  to  be  delivered  by  its  minister,  and  then  hast- 
ened back  to  the  accustomed  fireside,  lest  an  alarm  should 
be  the  result  of  his  long  absence.  Such  an  inclination,  as 
manifested  in  this  and  many  other  instances  of  discomfort 
and  fatigue,  to  satisfy  an  awakened  curiosity,  being  natural 
to  the  boy,  has  never  entirely  deserted  the  man.  Though 
he  shut  out  from  his  puerile  creed  of  honor  all  impertinence, 
he  never  suffered  toil  for  the  pleasures  of  proper  intelligence 
to  break  down  his  onward  purpose. 

The  father  of  Mr.  Felt,  a  commander  of  vessels  engaged 
in  the  European  and  India  trade,  at  a  period  when  prosper- 
ous commerce  kept  him  abroad  the  most  of  his  time,  could 
attend  but  little  to  the  education  of  him  and  the  other  chil- 
dren. But  his  mother,  of  superior  capacity  for  her  charge 
of  a  large  family,  was  always  careful  thatv  they  should  be 
regular  attendants  at  school,  and  be  kept  under  salutary 
restraints.  He  also  vividly  brings  to  mind  the  story,  the 
character  and  the  Scripture,  which,  as  they  gathered  around 
her  in  their  sacred  soirees,  she  related  to  them  for  their  spir- 
itual benefit.  For  such  devotedness,  the  tongue  of  filial 
gratitude  is  unable  to  express  its  full  obligations. 

Most  of  the  tuition  received  by  Mr.  Felt,  till  he  was  four- 
teen years  old,  was  at  a  public  school.  This,  however, 
favored  with  an  efficient  master,  was  not  improved  with 
lessons  of  grammar,  geography  and  maps,  as  it  has  been,  in 
other  kindred  institutions,  for  a  considerable  period  since. 

At  the  age  just  mentioned,  and  having  lost  his  father,  who 
died  at  Martha's  Vineyard,  August  23,  1802,  aged  38,  after 
a  long  and  trying  passage  from  India,  he  concluded,  on 
advice  with  his  mother,  to  enter  a  store  and  qualify  himself 
for  a  merchant.  Here,  with  variety  of  experience,  he 
attended  to  the  calls  of  his  position.  Among  the  books 
which  he  read  in  his  leisure  hours,  were  some  of  biography. 
These  contained  characters  who,  in  their  youth,  sought  and 
obtained  the  advantages  of  collegiate  education,  through  their 
own  personal  effort  and  the  assistance  of  friends,  and  who 
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had  thus  become  increasingly  useful  without  the  fullness  of 
fortune.  Particularly  was  he  interested  in  the  early  outset 
of  Ledyard  in  such  an  enterprise.  The  process  of  his  fre- 
quent thoughts  on  the  subject,  led  him  finally  to  open  the 
question  to  his  mother.  She  generously  seconded  his  resolve, 
though  the  impression  prevailed  much  more  in  sea-ports  than 
in  rural  towns,  that  the  collegian  must  have  a  wealthy  spon- 
sor to  foot  his  bills. 

In  June,  1808,  Mr.  Felt  went  to  attend  an  Academy  at 
Atkinson,  New  Hampshire,  under  the  care  of  Hon.  John 
Yose.  While  inquiring  for  the  mansion,  where  he  expected 
to  board,  he  was  answered,  "Follow  the  chaise,  directly 
before  you."  This  was  done.  It  proved  an  important  thread 
in  the  web  of  his  life.  A  fair  occupant  of  the  guiding  car- 
riage, unconsciously  pre-acting  the  part  of  a  help-meet, 
became,  in  after  years,  his  betrothed  and  bride.  His  plan 
was  to  enter  College  in  a  year  from  the  next  Commence- 
ment. To  accomplish  this,  he  was  aware  that  labor,  and  not 
pleasure,  must  be  his  motto  and  example.  A  year's  trial 
taught  him,  that  there  was  more  difficulty  in  his  way,  than 
anticipation  had  suggested,  and  that  double  the  period  was 
too  short  for  such  an  object  to  be  sufficiently  obtained. 
Haste,  in  an  undertaking  of  this  kind,  brings  a  heavy  tax  on 
the  mental  powers  and  physical  energies,  and  renders  its 
subject  a  hard  laborer  through  all  his  collegiate  course,  so 
that  he  may  keep  equal  pace  with  his  compeers  in  talent. 

On  the  6th  of  October,  1809,  Mr.  Felt  took  the  stage  at 
Atkinson  for  Dartmouth  College.  The  driver,  more  intent 
on  gain  than  justice  to  his  solitary  passenger,  deceived  him 
with  the  story  that  he  could  be  carried  directly  through. 
He  was  anxiously  and  expensively  detained  at  Concord. 
Walking  to  Salisbury,  while  his  baggage  was  taken  along  by 
a  team,  he  there  hired  a  man  to  convey  him  and  it  in  a 
chaise  to  his  place  of  destination.  Here  he  arrived,  after  a 
hard  night's  journey.  Thus  his  approach  to  the  seat  of  the 
muses,  was  far  from  being  through  sylvan  walks  and  dulcet 
strains. 


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On  the  9th,  Mr.  Felt  was  admitted  to  the  freshman  class. 
Engaged  to  teach  a  winter  school,  he  was  seated,  on  the  2d 
of  December,  in  a  sleigh  with  his  trunk,  of  a  large  size,  by 
the  side  of  the  principal  College  edifice,  ready  to  set  out  and 
enter  on  the  untried  services  of  his  contract.  A  civil  officer, 
with  a  posse  comitatus,  politely  addressed  him,  and  said  that 
he  had  come  from  an  adjacent  town  to  rescue  several  dead 
bodies,  supposed  to  have  been  stolen  from  their  graves  by 
medical  students  and  brought  to  the  premises  for  lecturing 
purposes.  Whether  a  consciousness  of  being  wholly  clear 
of  the  matter,  appeared  in  the  countenance  and  bearing  of 
Mr.  Felt,  or  other  circumstances  concurred,  the  servant  of 
the  law  merely  put  his  hand  into  the  trunk  and  speedily 
allowed  it  and  him  to  pass  without  further  detention.  Inno- 
cence is  the  most  fearless  and  safest  protection. 

With  the  diversified  experience  inseparable  from  one  pro- 
gressing through  the  grades  and  scenes  of  freshman,  sopho- 
more and  junior  classes,  always  affording  to  the  reflective 
view  of  self-acquaintance,  many  deficiencies  which  might  be 
supplied,  and  many  imperfections  which  might  be  improved, 
Mr.  Felt  returned  to  College,  February  26,  1813.  His 
prospect  was  fair,  that  health  would  enable  him  to  spend  the 
whole  term  in  vigorous  application,  so  that  the  close  of  it 
might  find  him  better  fitted  to  move  in  the  sphere  divinely 
allotted  for  him.  But  the  vision  was  clouded ;  the  hope 
disappointed.  He  soon  perceived  that  a  cold,  contracted  by 
exposure  on  the  route,  had  settled  in  his  right  eye,  which 
has  ever  since,  at  different  times,  been  a  source  of  severe 
suffering  and  self-denial  with  regard  to  his  studies.  When 
all  medical  skill  proved  ineffectual,  he  had  leave,  on  the 
10th  of  May,  to  seek  the  alleviations  of  home. 

Without  sight  enough  to  continue  his  literary  pursuits, 
and  uncertain  when  he  might  have  it  sufficiently;  weary 
with  having  naught  to  occupy  his  time  and  attention,  for  a 
livelihood,  and  invited  by  a  friend  to  become  his  partner  in 
business,  to  which  he  had  been  formerly  accustomed,  Mr. 


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Felt  concluded  to  make  trial  of  the  proffered  accommodation. 
But  the  revulsion  which  occurred  in  mercantile  affairs,  while 
the  second  war  with  England  was  continued,  closed  their 
comiection  and  brought  him  more  fully  to  cast  himself  on 
the  guidance  of  Providence,  and  to  have  it  as  the  petition  of 
his  heart — 

"  The  good  we  ask  not,  Father,  grant, 
The  ill,  we  ask,  deny." 

Though  far  from  having  recovered  the  healthy  tone  of 
his  vision,  and  far  from  feeling  himself  sufficient  for  the 
mysteries  of  the  gospel,  Mr.  Felt  revived  his  purpose  to 
prepare  for  the  ministry.     This  he  commenced,  January  7, 

1814,  under  the  direction  of  Rev.  Samuel  Worcester,  D.  D. 
On  June  15,  he  added  to  his  employment  the  instruction  of 
a  private  school.     He  received  license  to  preach,  March  21, 

1815,  from  the  Essex  Association,  and  was  frequently  em- 
ployed on  the  Sabbath  by  adjacent  congregations.  On  the 
18th  of  December,  having  been  invited  to  exchange  his 
school  for  another,  long  eligibly  sustained  by  proprietors,  he 
began  the  teaching  of  the  latter.  He  was  married,  Septem- 
ber 18,  1816,  to  Abigail  Adams  Shaw,  daughter  of  Rev. 
John  Shaw,  who  died  at  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  September 
29,  1794,  and  of  Elizabeth  Smith  Shaw,1  who  subsequently 
became  the  wife  of  Rev.  Stephen  Peabody,  of  Atkinson, 
New  Hampshire,  where  she  closed  life,  April  9,  1815.  Mr. 
Pelt  has  had  but  one  child,  a  daughter,  which  deceased  in 
early  infancy. 

Having  made  an  improvement  in  then  municipal  concerns, 
by  the  erection  of  an  almshouse  with  a  chapel,  Salem  judi- 
ciously resolved,  that  their  poor  should  have  the  gospel  more 
statedly  and  frequently  preached  unto  them.  Their  overseers 
invited  Mr.  Felt  to  minister  as  the  chaplain.     He  assumed 

1  She  was  daughter  of  the  Rev.  William  Smith,  of  Weymouth,  and 
sister  to  the  wives  of  Judge  Richard  Cranch,  and  John  Adams,  President 
of  the  United  States. 


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this  service  on  the  16th  of  February,  1817.  Pie  withdrew 
from  it  on  the  15th  of  August,  1819,  so  that  he  might  have 
an  opportunity  to  seek  a  settlement  elsewhere.  With  a  sim- 
ilar object  in  view,  he  resigned  his  school,  December  IT, 
of  the  same  year. 

After  several  calls,  he  was  ordained  at  Sharon,  Massachu- 
setts, December  19,  1821.  As  his  society,  by  secession 
from  the  town  parish,  were  lessened  in  number  and  means, 
and  were  burdened  with  the  expenses  of  building  a  new 
house  of  worship,  and  thus  found  it  difficult  to  pay  the 
salary  agreed  on,  he  concluded,  by  April  19,  1824,  to  change 
his  field  of  labor.  Then  his  own  congregation  and  another 
of  Stoughton  made  proposals  for  him  to  take  charge  of  them 
both.  But  he  judged  that  an  arrangement  of  this  sort  would 
exceed  his  strength,  and  not  be  so  well  for  them  as  a  dif- 
ferent one.  In  the  meanwhile,  he  was  invited  to  settle  at 
Hamilton,  as  successor  of  Rev.  Manasseh  Cutler,  D.  D. 
Here  he  was  installed  the  16th  of  the  next  June. 

On  June  24,  1825,  Mr.  Felt  made  an  address  before  a 
Masonic  assembly  at  Ipswich,  which  they  had  printed.  He 
received,  September  5,  of  the  same  year,-  a  commission  as 
chaplain  of  the  Second  Regiment  in  Essex  county,  which  he 
held  to  April  1,  1829.  At  this  date,  he  attended  as  trustee 
of  the  Ipswich  Academy,  and  delivered  a  discourse  before 
the  audience,  on  physical,  intellectual  and  moral  education. 
During  the  year,  Farmer's  New  England  Genealogical  Reg- 
ister was  published,  to  which  Mr.  Felt  contributed  many 
articles.  He  accepted,  September  25,  1830,  his  election  as 
member  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society.  Since,  he 
has  been  alike  kindly  noticed  by  ten  other  similar  societies 
in  the  United  States. 

As  Secretary  of  Trustees  for  promoting  an  institution 
which  should  afford,  on  reduced  terms,  eminent  domestic, 
literary  and  spiritual  advantages  to  females,  which  finally 
resulted  in  the  Mount  Holyoke  Seminary,  and  was  chiefly 
suggested  and  kept  before  the  public  by  Misses  Z.  P.  Grant 


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and  Mary  Lyon,  efficient  co- workers,— Mr.  Felt,  on  the  10th 
of  September,  1831,  commenced  correspondence.  With 
several  modifications  of  plans  for  compassing  so  desirable  a 
design,  and  continued  exertions  for  it  till  its  present  location 
was  obtained,  an  act  of  incorporation  procured,  and  the  pros- 
pect was  encouraging  for  its  success,  he  gave  place,  on  the 
8th  of  October,  1835,  to  a  successor  more  nearly  located  to 
its  premises. 

In  1832,  Mr.  Felt  closed  the  publication  of  the  '  Annals 
of  Salem,'  containing  611  pages.  Increasingly  visited  with 
weakness  of  lungs,  and  convincingly  shown  by  his  physician, 
that  he  must  suspend  his  pulpit  labors,  he  complied,  Febru- 
ary 3,  1833,  and  on  the  4th  of  next  December  his  pastoral 
relation  was  dissolved.  Thus  he  reluctantly  laid  aside  the 
full  callings  of  a  profession,  of  which  his  own  experience 
can  verily  testify,  that,  however  subject  to  many  and  peculiar 
trials,  yet,  when  heartily  cherished  and  properly  honored,  it 
is  the  perennial  spring  of  purer,  more  abundant  and  sub- 
limer  joys,  than  those  of  all  other  human  avocations,  though 
rewarded  with  incalculable  riches,  blazoned  with  the  most 
dazzling  of  earthly  honors,  and  inscribed  highest  on  the 
scroll  of  worldly  fame.  What  is  the  chaff  to  the  wheat  ?  as 
the  revelation  of  eternal  truth,  interrogates. 

In  the  course  of  the  year  last  named,  Mr.  Felt  issued  the 
f  History  of  Ipswich,  Essex  and  Hamilton.'  On  the  15th  of 
September,  1834,  he  presided  as  chairman  of  a  Masonic  Con- 
vention at  Topsfield.  The  substance  of  their  resolve  was, 
that  as  the  influences  of  Christianity  promote  the  purposes 
of  Masonry,  and  that,  as  the  means  of  removing  the  party 
contentions,  occasioned  by  resistance  to  the  latter  institution, 
its  exhibitions,  sessions  and  continuance  should  cease,- — they 
would,  in  their  own  individual  example,  practice  such  a 
cessation.  The  succeeding  October  31,  he  bid  adieu  to  his 
residence,  endeared  by  many  advantages  and  attractions  of 
horticulture,  and  moved  with  his  family  to  Boston,  where  he 
has  continued  to  reside. 


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In  February  of  1835,  Mr.  Felt  contributed,  by  request  of 
the  editor,  Ecclesiastical  Statistics  of  Essex  County  to  the 
pages  of  the  American  Quarterly  Register.  In  1836,  he 
was  of  a  committee  for  editing  a  volume  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Historical  Society's  Collections,  and  also  for  three  suc- 
cessive volumes,  and  supplied  a  large  portion  of  materials  for 
one  of  them.  During  four  courses  of  public  lectures,  sus- 
tained by  the  same  Institution,  he  delivered  one  in  each 
course.  On  the  25th  of  April,  he  was  commissioned  by 
Governor  Everett  to  arrange  the  State  archives.  He  was  so 
occupied  to  April  5,  1839,  when  he  was  appointed  to  visit 
England,  and  look  for  duplicates  of  Provincial  records  and 
papers,  the  originals  of  which  had  been  lost.  On  May  1, 
he  desired  a  friend  of  •  New  York  city  to  engage  a  passage 
for  himself  and  wife  in  the  Great  Western,  on  her  next  trip. 
But  on  the  9th,  he  ceased  preparations,  and  resumed  atten- 
tion to  the  archives,  because  assured  that  the  British  author- 
ities declined  to  have  their  offices  entered  by  Americans,  lest 
they  might  find  evidence  unfavorable  to  their  pending  claims 
relative  to  our  North-Eastern  boundary. 

On  the  29th  of  December,  1836,  Mr.  Felt  was  chosen 
Librarian  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society.  But  as 
this  situation  was  a  desirable  one  to  Rev.  T.  M.  Harris,  D.  D., 
and  the  former  had  enough  else  to  do,  he  readily  stepped 
aside  for  him,  October  26,  1837.  When  the  latter  deceased, 
Mr.  Felt  succeeded  him,  April  28,  1842,  and  has  thus 
remained  to  this  day.  So  situated,  he  has  derived  multiplied 
pleasure  in  being  of  assistance  to  inquirers  and  authors  while 
gathering  their  sheaves  of  knowledge  for  dispersion  in  vari- 
ous parts  of  the  literary  world. 

A  proposal  was  made,  June  24,  1837,  for  Mr.  Felt  to 
become  Librarian  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society. 
Though  an  eligible  offer,  his  engagements  were  a  bar  to  its 
acceptance.  Of  this  Society,  he  was  subsequently  chosen  a 
member.  August  22,  1838,  by  commission  from  the  Gov-, 
ernor,  he   attended   an   examination   of  the   Massachusetts 


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beneficiaries  with  others,  at  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  Asylum  in 
Hartford,  Connecticut.  According  to  request,  he  made  a 
report  of  such  service.  He  published,  in  1839,  his  ( His- 
tory of  Massachusetts  Currency.'  On  December  18  of  this 
year,  he  was  appointed  Recording  Secretary  of  the  American 
Statistical  Association,  which  trust  he  still  holds.  On 
March  27,  of  1841,  he  had  notice  of  having  been  elected  a 
Member  of  the  Northern  Antiquarian  Society  in  Europe. 
This  year  an  article  of  his  on  the  Fasts  and  Thanksgivings 
of  New  England,  was  printed  in  the  volume  of  Colman's 
Ecclesiastical  Antiquities. 

In  July,  1843,  Mr.  Felt  was  on  a  committee  of  three  to 
examine  the  classes  of  Dartmouth  College.  On  April  29, 
1845,  he  was  informed  of  having  been  again  commissioned 
by  the  Governor  to  visit  England  and  examine  the  State 
manuscripts  there  for  the  legislative  transactions  of  Massachu- 
setts, while  under  the  government  of  the  former,  and  obtain 
leave  for  having  such  of  them  copied,  as  might  be  deemed 
requisite.  On  the  16th  of  May,  he  sailed,  accompanied  by 
his  wife,  in  the  steamship  Hibernia,  for  Liverpool.  After 
two  great  perils,  one  of  being  crushed  by  surrounding  ice  on 
the  22d,  and  consumed  by  fire  on  the  26th,  he  reached  his 
port  of  destination  on  the  31st  at  noon.  Having  successfully 
spent  six  weeks  in  reference  to  the  object  of  his  mission,  he 
made  an  arrangement  for  transcripts  to  be  made,  as  the 
authorities  who  sent  him  might  decide.  He  then  traveled 
with  his  wife,  through  France,  Scotland  and  Ireland,  and 
returned  to  Liverpool  after  a  pleasant,  impressive  and  instruc- 
tive journey.  They  embarked  on  board  of  the  steamer 
Caledonia,  August  19,  and  reached  Boston  September  3, 
under  the  protection  of  an  ever  watchful  and  gracious  Provi- 
dence. Thy  mercies,  oh  Lord,  who  can  fully  number  and 
appreciate  !  According  to  special  request,  twenty-six  commu- 
nications, relative  to  this  voyage,  began  to  be  published  the 
next  October  30,  in  the  Boston  Recorder. 

In  the  early  part  of  1846,  Mr.  Felt  closed  his  work  on 


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the  Commonwealth  Archives,  after  having  been  engaged  in  it 
from  the  spring  of  1835,  except  a  suspension  of  one  year, 
by  a  change  in  the  political  character  of  the  Legislature. 
While  so  occupied,  he  was  not  unfrequently  called  on  to 
draw  up  statements  of  various  topics,  aside  from  his  own 
assigned  duty,  which  were  interesting  to  him  and  useful  to 
others.  During  the  former  of  these  two  years,  he  was 
desired  to  succeed  Rev.  William  Cogswell,  D.  D.,  as  Presi- 
dent of  the  Gilmanton  Theological  Seminary.  He  had  been 
invited  to  take  charge  of  two  other  literary  seminaries.  In 
1847,  he  finished  publishing  '  Collections  for  the  American 
Statistical  Association,'  596  pages,  on  Towns,  Population  and 
Taxation.     In  1848,  he  issued  a  '  Memoir  of  Roger  Conant ' ; 

1849,  closed  the  second  edition  of  the  ( Annals  of  Salem '  in 
two  volumes,  the  first  having  535,  and  the  second,  663  pages  ; 

1850,  had  printed  '  Genealogical  Items  for  Gloucester,'  and 

1851,  for  Lynn,  and  the  '  Memoir  of  Hugh  Peters.'  He 
was  elected  to  the  Board  of  the  Boston  Public  Schools  in 
1849,  and  continued  two  other  terms,  each  a  year  long. 
Among  the   events  of  some  excitement,  was  his  motion,  in 

1852,  to  prevent  public  attention  to  immoral  characters  by 
having  them  invited  to  the  schools  and  honored  with  partial 
exhibitions.  It  was  occasioned  by  a  visit  of  this  sorty  which 
Lola  Montez  made,  accompanied  with  a  member  of  the 
school  committee. 

Mr.  Pelt  was  chosen  President  of  the  New  England  Gen-* 
ealogical  and  Historic  Society,  January  2,  1850,  and  sus- 
tained such  a  relation  three  years.  Next  April  27,  he  had 
notice  of  having  been  elected  an  Honorary  Member  of  the 
Troy  Lyceum.  In  July,  he  was  of  the  Committee  designated 
to  examine  the  Willard  Seminary,  of  the  same  city.  His 
fKidd  Papers,'  obtained  in  London,  ( Memoir  of  Francis 
Higginson,'  e  Sketch  of  Abigail  Brown,'  and  f  Memorials  of 
William  S.  Shaw/  in  1852,  and,  the  succeeding  year,  his 
discussion  of  the  question,  e  Who  was  the  first  Governor  of 
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Massachusetts,'  and  the  e  Customs  of  New  England/  were 
issued  from  the  press. 

The  remarks  of  Mr.  Felt,  for  the  Centennial  Celebration  of 
Danvers,  June  16,  1852,  were  published  with  other  produc- 
tions of  the  occasion.  On  October  20,  of  the  same  year,  he 
was  elected  Secretary  of  the  Congregational  Library  Associa- 
tion, and  on  the  25th  of  May,  next  year,  agreeably  to  his 
own  wish,  they  chose  another  for  this  office,  and  himself 
for  their  Librarian.  The  last  and  present  years,  he  has  been 
on  the  Committee  for  examining  the  classes  of  Harvard 
University  in  historical  studies.  The  first  volume  of  his 
'  Ecclesiastical  History  of  New  England,'  has  been  recently 
printed. 

Thus  has  your  obedient  servant  endeavored  to  fill  up  the 
outlines,  which  you  have  marked  out  for  his  direction.  He 
has  withheld  various  items,  which  would  pertinently  fall 
within  them,  lest  they  might  touch  on  the  bounds  necessary 
to  be  observed,  and  render  tedious  what  has  already  been 
presented.  To  the  stranger,  unacquainted  with  the  design 
of  such  a  relation,  it  may  seem  as  savoring  too  much  of 
egotism.  But  considered  as  a  yielding  to  the  special  request 
of  surviving  Class-mates,  who  wish  to  see  the  way  by  which 
each  of  them,  whether  living  or  dead,  has  been  divinely 
brought  along  his  earthly  pilgrimage,  the  objection  sinks 
from  sight.  It  is  like  thinking  loud,  acceptable  to  the  friend, 
though  it  may  be  construed  as  folly  by  the  foe.  Compliance 
of  this  kind  has  been  rendered,  under  the  deep  impression 
that  the  Searcher  of  all  hearts  judgeth  not  as  mortals  judge  ; 
that  many  traits  and  events  of  human  life,  which  may  be  the 
first  in  their  view,  are  the  last  in  his ;  and  that  the  endless 
future  of  such  being  will  depend,  in  its  experience,  on  the 
motives  with  which  it  is  or  shall  have  been  spent.  Well  for 
our  race>  that  Omnipotent  Perfection  has  so  immutably 
arranged  the  moral  universe,  that  we  may  rest  with  the 
fullest  confidence  in  the  rule  which  he  has  revealed,  and 
cherish  the  strongest  encouragement  in  the  promises  which 


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he  has  made.  The  whole  earth  should  rejoice,  because  he 
reigneth.  May  this  obligation  ever  find  a  happy  response 
from  all  our  purposes  and  actions. 


CHARLES  FOX. 


Charles  Fox  was  born  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  on  the 
sixth  day  of  February,  1794.  His  father's  name  was  Eben- 
ezer,  and  the  maiden  name  of  his  mother  was  Anna  Downes. 
Mr.  Ebenezer  Fox  was  a  patriot  of  the  Revolution,  and  died 
in  Roxbury,  his  native  town,  the  14th  of  December,  1843, 
aged  eighty,  in  the  full  possession  of  his  mental  faculties. 
His  wife  survived  him  six  years,  and  died  at  the  age  of 
eighty-eight,  in  February,  1849. 

Mr.  Fox,  being  one  of  three  sons,  was  prepared  for  Col- 
lege in  Roxbury,  by  his  oldest  brother,  Abraham.  As  his 
father's  means  were  ample,  and  as  he  liberally  supplied  his 
son  with  funds  adequate  to  all  his  wants,  he  did  nothing 
towards  defraying  his  expenses  during  his  collegiate  life.  In 
College  he  was  not  a  hard  student,  and  discovered  more  in- 
clination for  literature  than  science  ,*  devoting  more  time  to 
general  reading,  than  to  the  lessons  of  the  day.  He  was  not 
at  all  ambitious  to  be  distinguished  as  a  scholar ;  but  having  a 
retentive  memory,  he  acquired  a  considerable  amount  of 
knowledge,  though  of  rather  a  desultory  and  miscellaneous 
character. 

After  he  graduated,  he  entered  the  Medical  College,  and 
for  two  years  was  a  pupil  of  Dr.  Perkins,  then  Professor  in 
that  institution.  Whether  Charles  was  induced  to  remain  a 
student  at  Hanover  from  a  love  of  the  profession,  or  a  regard 
for  a  young  lady,  of  beauty  and  accomplishments,  who  after- 
wards became  his  wife,  was  a  subject  of  some  discussion 
among  his  Class-mates.  He  was  married  to  Mary  Louisa 
Sparhawk,  May  5,  1815,  at  Hanover,  by  the  Rev.  Roswell 


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Shurtleff,  and  afterwards  resided  on  a  farm,  given  to  him  by 
his  father,  on  the  banks  of  the  Connecticut,  in  the  town  of 
Windsor,  Vermont.  On  this  pleasant  spot  he  remained  three 
years,  and  had  two  children  born  to  him ;  the  elder  a 
daughter,  the  second  a  son. 

Mr.  Fox's  wife  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Stearns  Spar- 
hawk,  who  graduated  at  Dartmouth  in  the  class  of  1791  ; 
and  grand-daughter  of  the  Rev.  Ebenezer  Sparhawk,  the 
first  settled  minister  in  Templeton,  Massachusetts,  where 
several  of  his  descendants  now  reside.  Mrs.  Fox's  mother, 
Mary  Kinsman,  was  the  daughter  of  Col.  Aaron  Kinsman, 
of  Concord,  New  Hampshire.  Col.  Kinsman  commanded 
a  company  at  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  and  was  in  the 
service  of  his  country  during  the  whole  of  the  war.  Her 
father  was  a  lawyer,  and  was  settled  in  Bucksport,  Maine, 
where  he  died  in  1807.  Mrs.  Fox  was  married  before  she 
was  eighteen  years  of  age,  and  notwithstanding  her  youth, 
she  has  proved  herself  a  model  mother,  "  bringing  up  her 
children  in  the  way  they  should  go,"  and  they  have  thus 
far  shown  themselves  worthy  of  the  moral  and  intellectual 
education  they  have  received. 

The  eldest  child  of  these  parents,  Mary  Anna,  was  born 
in  Windsor,  Vermont,  April  18,  1816,  and  died  in  Shrews- 
bury, Massachusetts,  where  she  resided  a  short  time,  for  the 
benefit  of  her  health,  August  17,  1840.  This  young  lady 
gave  evidence  of  extraordinary  intellectual  powers  at  an 
early  age.  The  productions  of  her  pen  adorned  the  pages 
of  many  periodicals  of  the  day,  and  not  one  of  the  articles 
she  contributed  was  ever  rejected.  She  was  an  amiable  and 
affectionate  daughter,  a  consistent  Christian,  a  member  of  the 
Pine  street  Church  in  Boston,  and  died  with  a  well-grounded 
hope  of  a  blessed  immortality.  After  her  death,  her  father 
published  two  small  volumes  of  her  writings,  entitled,  '  The 
Only  Son,'  and  e  Stories  for  the  Young,'  which  have  had 
an  extensive  circulation. — The  second  child,  Charles  James, 
was  born  in  Windsor,  Vermont,  January  8,  1818,  and  died 


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in  Boston,  August  8,  1885. — The  third  child,  Ebenezer, 
was  born  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  January  26,  1820,  and 
died  in  May  of  the  same  year. — The  fourth  was  William 
Stearns,  born  in  Roxbury,  April  4,  1821.  This  son  was 
remarkable  for  his  precocity,  being  able  to  read,  understand- 
ingly,  before  he  was  four  years  old.  He  received  a  scientific 
education,  and  before  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  he 
was  appointed  Professor  of  Mathematics  in  the  United  States 
Navy,  having  passed  the  test  of  a  critical  examination,  to 
prove  his  qualifications.  He  was  attached  to  the  ship  Fal- 
mouth, and  remained  in  the  service  to  the  time  of  his  death, 
October  28,  1844.  This  melancholy  event  was  thus  noticed 
in  the  Boston  Mercantile  Journal :  "  Lost,  in  Pensacola  Bay, 
on  the  28th  ult.,  by  the  upsetting  of  the  cutter  of  the 
Falmouth,  William  S.  Fox,  Professor  of  Mathematics  in  the 
United  States  Navy,  aged  twenty-three  years,  son  of  Charles 
Fox,  of  this  city.  Professor  Fox  was  appointed  at  the  age 
of  twenty,  and  was  attached  to  the  Falmouth,  on  board  of 
which  ship  he  has  been  in  active  service  ever  since.  In  the 
death  of  this  amiable  young  man,  the  navy  has  lost  a  valua- 
ble officer,  society  an  estimable  member,  and  his  parents  an 
affectionate  son."  The  death  of  this  son  was  a  sad  bereave- 
ment to  his  parents. — The  fifth  child  was  Louisa,  born  in 
Roxbury,  August  11,  1823,  and  died  in  May,  1824.— The 
sixth  was  a  son,  Richard  Edward,  born  in  Roxbury,  Sep- 
tember 3,  1825,  and  died  in  November,  of  the  same  year. — 
The  seventh,  named  Edward  Augustus,  was  born  in  Box- 
bury,  October  11,  1826.  Having  qualified  himself  for  a 
civil  engineer,  he  went  to  Quincy,  Illinois,  aud  was  employed 
as  such  for  some  time ;  when  he  went  to  Hannibal,  Missouri, 
and  is  now  (1854)  one  of  the  corps  of  engineers  engaged 
in  the  construction  of  the  Hannibal  and  St.  Joseph  Railroad, 
in  that  State.  In  this  work  he  has  been  employed  about 
two  years.  He  married,  in  1853,  Sarah  Eldredge,  of  Mere- 
dosia,  Illinois,  very  much  to  the  satisfaction  of  his  parents. 
He  is  a  young  man  of  much  moral  and  intellectual  worth, 


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and  is  highly  respected  and  esteemed  by  all  his  acquaint- 
ance.— The  eighth  child,  Frederick  Emerson,  was  born  in 
Roxbury,  January  11,  1829.  This  son  early  in  life  discov- 
ered a  great  taste  for  drawing,  in  the  cultivation  of  which  he 
was  encouraged  and  furnished  with  facilities  for  its  improve- 
ment. He  served  an  apprenticeship  in  the  office  of  one  of 
the  most  skillful  engravers  in  Boston.  He  has  been  in  busi- 
ness for  himself  a  few  years,  fully  employed,  and  is  consid- 
ered, by  competent  judges  of  the  art,  as  one  of  the  best 
engravers  in  Boston. — The  ninth  child,  a  daughter,  named 
Lucia  Louise,  was  born  in  Boston,  July  4,  1831.  After 
receiving  an  excellent  education,  and  obtaining  one  of  the 
medals  awarded  to  the  six  best  scholars  annually  in  the 
Boston  public  schools,  she  taught  a  school  in  West  Cam- 
bridge, for  four  years,  to  the  great  acceptance  of  her  em- 
ployers ;  and  resigned  her  office  in  1853,  when  she  was 
married,  and  removed  with  her  husband  to  the  city  of  New 
York. — The  tenth  child,  Charles  James,  was  born  in  Boston, 
October  12,  1835.  He  was  a  member  of  the  English  High 
School  in  Boston  for  three  years,  the  term  allotted  for 
the  course  of  studies  pursued  in  that  excellent  institution. 
While  there  he  was  among  the  best  behaved  and  most  capa- 
ble scholars,  and  was  accordingly  rewarded  each  year  with  a 
prize,  and  at  the  close  of  his  course  with  a  Franklin  medal. 
Having  fitted  himself  as  a  surveyor,  he  went  to  the  West, 
was  employed  as  an  assistant  engineer  in  Missouri,  and  is 
now  in  Illinois,  holding  the  same  trust. — The  eleventh,  a 
daughter,  named  Mary  Ellen,  was  born  in  Boston,  March  2, 
1837.  She  was  educated  in  the  Johnson  School  in  Boston, 
and  resides  at  home. — The  twelfth,  a  son,  Arthur  George  S., 
was  born  in  Framingham,  Massachusetts,  June  16,  1841, 
where  the  family  resided  at  that  time.  He  is  now  a  member 
of  the  Brimmer  School  in  Boston,  and  holds  a  high  rank  in 
his  class. 

After  Mr.  Fox  had  resided  on  his  farm  in  Windsor,  Ver- 
mont,  about  three  years,  he  disposed  of  it  on  account  of 


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some  pecuniary  losses  which  his  father  experienced  in  busi- 
ness, and  removed  to  his  native  town.  For  the  first  time  in 
his  life  he  found  himself  thrown  upon  his  own  resources, 
and  compelled  to  learn  a  lesson  he  had  never  been  taught, 
self-reliance, — a  want  which  he  has  been  careful  should 
make  no  defect  in  the  education  of  his  children. 

He  commenced  a  private  school  for  young  ladies,  which 
he  continued  for  about  a  year,  when  he  was  appointed  Prin- 
cipal of  the  Roxbury  Grammar  School,  then  considered  as 
the  highest  in  the  grade  of  the  schools  in  the  town,  and 
which  is  now  called  the  Roxbury  High  School.  He  retained 
this  office  for  five  years,  and  being  recommended  by  the 
Trustees  of  that  institution,  he  was  unanimously  elected,  by 
the  School  Committee  of  the  city  of  Boston,  to  the  office  of 
Principal  of  the  Boylston  Grammar  School.  In  this  capacity 
he  served  the  city  for  the  period  of  eighteen  years.  The 
estimation  in  which  his  services  were  held  by  his  scholars, 
may  be  seen  from  subsequent  statements.  Young  ladies, 
who  had  been  under  his  instruction,  sent  him  a  letter  of 
October  17,  1840,  with  some  presents,  expressing  them- 
selves highly  satisfied  with  his  faithfulness  to  them,  while 
they  sustained  such  a  relation.  So  it  was  with  gentlemen, 
who  had  been  his  pupils.  In  a  communication  to  him, 
of  June  16,  1842,  after  enumerating  valuable  articles  as  a 
donation  to  him,  they  express  themselves  as  follows  :  "  Allow 
us  to  remark,  that  the  affection  and  concern  manifested  for 
us  when  children,  the  careful  training  of  the  moral  as  well 
as  the  intellectual  nature,  and  the  constant  adherence  to 
strict,  impartial  justice,  in  the  government  of  your  school, 
will  cause  us  to  hold  you  in  grateful  and  enduring  remem- 
brance." 

Mr.  Fox's  labors  as  a  teacher  were  now  drawing  to  a  close. 
He  had,  for  three  or  four  years,  been  afflicted  with  the  infirm- 
ity of  a  partial  deafness,  which,  increasing,  prevented  him 
from  discharging  his  duties  to  his  own  satisfaction,  or  that  of 
his  friends  and  patrons,  and  compelled  him  to  relinquish  his 


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office.  From  the  Hon.  Martin  Brimmer,  then  Mayor  of 
Boston,  and  ex  officio  Chairman  of  the  School  Committee, 
he  received  the  following  testimonial : 

City  Hall,  Oct.  3,  1844. 
This  is  to  certify,   that  Mr.  Charles  Fox  has  been  engaged  for 
eighteen  years  in  the  faithful  discharge  of  the  duties  of  an  instructor 
in  the  Public  Schools,  which  situation  he  has  been  obliged  to  relin- 
quish in  consequence  of  a  defect  in  his  hearing. 

M.  Brimmer,  Mayor. 

Of  the  productions  of  Mr.  Fox's  pen,  are  many  articles 
which  have  occasionally  been  published  in  the  Boston  jour- 
nals, upon  political,  moral  and  educational  subjects.  Among 
these  were  a  series  that  appeared  in  the  Mercantile  Journal, 
in  the  year  1841,  advocating  the  arrangement  of  school-rooms 
and  a  system  of  instruction  adopted  within  a  few  years  upon 
the  recommendation  of  the  present  Superintendent  of  Public 
Schools,  Mr.  Bishop,  although  he  was  not  then  aware  that 
any  such  plan  had  ever  been  previously  offered  to  the  notice 
of  the  citizens  of  Boston.  Mr.  Fox  has  published  the 
Adventures  of  his  father  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  which 
he  wrote  in  his  father's  name,  as  they  were  related  to  him. 
This  book  has  had  an  extensive  circulation.  He  has  likewise 
had  engraved  a  portrait  of  Washington,  which  he  found  in 
the  possession  of  a  family  in  Boston,  accompanied  by  docu- 
mentary evidence  showing  that  it  is  the  best  likeness  of  the 
Father  of  his  country  extant.  He  has  in  manuscript  a  work, 
which  he  intends  to  publish,  entitled  e  Washington  in 
Boston.' 


AUGUSTUS  GREELE. 

Augustus  Greele  was  born  in  Wilton,  New  Hampshire, 
December  27,  1787.  His  father,  Samuel  Greele,  was  a 
farmer  of  good  property,  and  one  of  the  leading  men  of  the 


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town.1  His  mother  was  of  the  Read  family,  of  Amherst. 
In  September,  1798,  his  father  died,  leaving  five  children. 
His  mother,  a  woman  of  great  strength  of  character  and  moral 
worth,  managed  the  affairs  of  the  family  and  the  education 
of  her  children  in  the  most  judicious  manner.  His  elder 
brother,  Samuel,  (now  of  Boston,  and  extensively  known  as 
a  public  man  and  popular  speaker,)  graduated  at  Harvard  in 
1802,  and  was  very  little  at  home  after  the  death  of  his 
father.  At  an  early  age,  therefore,  much  of  the  care  of  the 
farm  and  the  family  business  devolved  on  Augustus.  His 
success  in  after  life  was,  doubtless,  very  much  owing  to  the 
habits  of  industry  and  self-reliance  then  formed,  and  to  the 
responsibilities  thus  early  incurred.  Amidst  all  his  duties 
and  labors,  he  kept  constantly  in  view  a  higher  sphere  of 
action.  At  New  Ipswich  Academy  he  qualified  himself  for 
teaching,  and  for  several  winters  taught  a  school  in  his  native 
town  or  in  the  vicinity.  Having  made  considerable  progress 
in  classical  studies,  and  still  continuing  then  pursuit,  at  about 
the  age  of  twenty-one  he  commenced  the  study  of  law  in  the 
office  of  Daniel  Abbott,  Esq.,  of  Nashua.  He  soon  perceived 
the  importance  of  a  more  thorough  preparatory  education,  and 
wisely  determined  to  suspend  his  professional  studies,  and  go 
through  with  a  regular  collegiate  course.  In  1809,  he  enter- 
ed the  freshman  class  at  Dartmouth  College,  at  a  mature  age, 
and  well  prepared  to  take  rank  with  the  best.  During  his 
collegiate  course  he  had  the  misfortune  to  lose  his  excellent 
mother,  suffered  much  from  ill  health,  and  was,  from  one 
cause  and  another,  absent  more  than  usual  from  his  class. 
Still  he  maintained  a  high  standing  as  a  scholar,  and  emi- 
nently enjoyed  the  esteem  and  respect  of  his  Class-mates  and 
of  the  faculty. 

Soon  after  graduating,  he  went  to  New  York,  and  opened 
a  private  classical  school  for  boys  at  Manhattanville,  near  the 
city,  and  soon  enjoyed  the  patronage  and  friendship  of  many 

1  The  whole  of  this  communication  is  from  Daniel  Elliot,  Esq. 
8 


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distinguished  families  of  the  city  and  vicinity.  With  some 
changes  in  his  establishment,  he  continued  in  this  business, 
with  very  considerable  profit,  till  1819,  when  he  gave  it  up, 
and  went  into  the  city  in  pursuit  of  mercantile  employment. 
Here  he  became  interested  in  a  commission  paper  warehouse, 
the  first  of  the  kind  established  in  New  York.  Within 
the  year,  seeing  a  broad  field  open  before  him,  he  purchased 
the  interest  of  his  partner,  and  went  on  with  the  business 
alone,  up  to  1827,  when  his  brother-in-law,  D.  Elliot,  became 
connected  with  the  concern.  Mr.  Greele  continued  to  be 
engaged  in  this  business,  either  as  a  principal  or  a  special 
partner,  till  1838,  when  he  withdrew  from  all  connection 
with  business,  having  secured  a  very  handsome  competency. 

In  1820,  he  married  Caroline  Cornelia  Lovett,  in  New 
York,  who  is  still  living.  They  had  no  children.  In  1832— 
33,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Greele  spent  about  eighteen  months  in 
Europe,  visiting  the  most  interesting  points  in  Great  Britain, 
Erance,  Switzerland  and  Italy.  Eew  American  travelers  have 
been  better  prepared  to  enjoy  and  appreciate  what  they  saw, 
and  none,  probably,  have  made  more  diligent  and  profitable 
use  of  their  time.  He  brought  home  a  handsome  and  well- 
selected  collection  of  paintings,  and  during  the  rest  of  his  life 
took  great  interest  in  the  progress  of  the  fine  arts  in  our 
country.  He  was  one  among  the  founders  of  the  American 
Art  Union.  Mr.  Greele  was  one  of  the  early  members 
of  the  First  Unitarian  Society  in  New  York,  and  contin- 
ued attached  to  it  under  the  administration  of  William 
Ware,  Dr.  Follen,  and  Mr.  Bellows,  to  the  time  of  his  de- 
cease. In  politics  he  was  a  decided  whig,  but  had  no  taste 
for  the  turmoils  of  party  strife,  and  would  not  suffer  himself 
to  be  nominated  for  office. 

During  the  last  four  or  five  years  of  his  life,  he  suffered 
much  from  disease,  in  various  forms, — a  sad  drawback  from 
the  enjoyment  of  his  otherwise  happy  circumstances.  After 
a  protracted  confinement,  he  died  on  the  19th  of  August, 
1843,  of  softening  of  the  brain,  in  the  fifty-sixth  year  of  his 
age. 


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BENJAMIN  GREENLEAF. 

Benjamin  Greenleaf  was  born  September  25,  1786,  at 
Haverhill,  Massachusetts.  His  father's  name  was  Caleb, 
born  August  16,  1759,  at  Newburyport,  Massachusetts,  and 
was  the  son  of  Timothy,  who  was  the  son  of  John,  who  was 
the  son  of  Samuel,  who  was  the  son  of  Stephen,  who  was 
the  son  of  Edmund,  born  in  England  in  1600,  and  who 
emigrated  to  Massachusetts  in  1635.  His  mother's  name 
was  Susanna,  born  in  Methuen,  Massachusetts,  July  2,  1761, 
the  youngest  daughter  of  Abigail  and  William  Emerson. 

He  commenced  his  academical  education  at  Atkinson, 
New  Hampshire,  September  9,  1805,  under  the  instruction 
of  the  Hon.  John  Yose.  From  this  period  to  September  26, 
1810,  he  spent  about  two  years  at  the  Academy,  and  most 
of  the  remaining  time  he  was  engaged  in  teaching  schools  in 
Plaistow,  Atkinson,  Haverhill,  Bradford,  and  Marblehead. 
September  28,  1810,  he  entered  the  sophomore  class  at 
Dartmouth  College.  While  in  College,  he  calculated  and 
projected  the  Transit  of  Venus,  which  is  to  happen  Decem- 
ber 8,  1874 ;  it  being  the  first  time  this  calculation  was  made 
at  this  College. 

Soon  after  he  graduated,  he  took  charge  of  the  grammar 
school  at  Haverhill,  which  he  kept  till  March  27,  1814; 
at  which  time  he  was  obliged  to  leave,  on  account  of  a 
severe  sickness.  December  12,  1814,  he  became  Preceptor 
of  Bradford  Academy,  and  commenced  his  labors  with  ten 
scholars,  but  in  a  few  months  he  had  more  than  thirty.  He 
continued  in  this  Institution  until  April  6,  1836.  During 
the  last  year  of  his  labors,  there  were  more  than  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  pupils,  that  were  members  of  the  Academy. 
After  he  left  the  Academy,  it  was  constituted  a  Female  Sem- 
inary, and  has  so  continued  to  the  present  time. 

From  1835  to  1840,  he  was  engaged  most  of  his  time  in 


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making  a  series  of  Arithmetics — the  National,  the  Introduc- 
tion or  Common  School,  and  Mental  Arithmetics. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Legislature  during 
the  years  1837,  1838,  and  1839.  In  January,  1837,  he 
introduced  an  order  into  the  Legislature  for  a  new  Geological 
Survey  of  the  State ;  also  an  order  for  a  Natural  History 
Survey.  He  was  appointed  chairman  of  a  committee  to 
whom  these  orders  were  referred.  They  made  a  favorable 
report  on  this  subject,  and  the  surveys  have  since  been  com- 
pleted. 

December  4,  1839,  he  took  charge  of  the  Bradford 
Teachers'  Seminary,  which  was  extensively  patronized,  while 
under  his  care.  This  institution  he  relinquished  in  1848. 
Since  this  date,  he  has  re-written  his  Arithmetics,  to  which 
he  has  made  many  additions  and  improvements.  He  has 
prepared  a  Practical  Treatise  on  Algebra,  published  in  1852, 
which  has  passed  through  many  editions.  He  is  now  en- 
gaged in  writing  a  System  of  Practical  Surveying.  Of  his 
pupils,  more  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  have  been  members 
of  College ;  and  of  this  number,  more  than  forty  have 
entered  the  Christian  ministry.  The  whole  number  of  his 
pupils  is  about  three  thousand. 

For  many  years  past  Mr.  Greenleaf,  in  addition  to  his 
other  labors,  has  made  calculations  for  Almanacs  for  Boston, 
New  Orleans,  Vicksburg,  Memphis,  Halifax,  California,  and 
the  Cherokee  Nation.  He  took  a  very  active  part  in  estab- 
lishing the  American  Institute  of  Instruction,  and  for  many 
years  has  been  one  of  its  Vice  Presidents.  He  was  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  Essex  County  Teachers'  Association, 
being  the  first  of  the  kind  in  New  England,  and  for  four 
years  was  President.  For  many  years  he  has  been  President 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Bradford  Academy ;  and,  for 
forty  years,  he  has  been  connected  with  the  Institution,  either 
as  teacher  or  trustee,  and  for  most  of  the  time  he  has  held 
both  offices. 

He  was  married  to  Lucretia   Kimball,  the  daughter  of 


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Col.  James  Kimball,  of  Bradford,  November  20,  1821,  and 
who  was  born  February  29,  1794.  He  has  had  nine  chil- 
dren: Emily  Ann,  born  September  13,  1822,  and  married  to 
John  B.  Tewksbury,  of  West  Newbury,  November  23, 
1848. — Mary  Abigail,  born  June  24,  1824,  and  who  died  in 
infancy. — Benjamin,  born  October  4,  1825,  and  who  died 
September  16,  1829. — Betsey  Payson,  born  March  19, 
1827,  and  who  died  in  infancy. — Betsey  Payson,  born 
April  6,  1828,  and  who  was  married  to  Rev.  S.  C.  Kendall, 
of  Webster,  October   19,  1854. — Benjamin,  born  July  10, 

1830,  and  who  died  in  infancy. — Benjamin,  born  July  31, 

1831,  and  who  died  October  2,  1843. — James,  born  Decem- 
ber 31,  1832,  and  who  died  March  7,  1834.— Lydia  Kim- 
ball, born  May  15,  1836.  Mr.  Greenleaf  has,  therefore,  but 
three  children  living, — Emily  Ann,  Betsey  Payson,  and 
Lydia  Kimball. 

He  has  been  a  Justice,  of  the  Peace  for  more  than  twenty 
years,  and  has  been  a  member  of  a  Congregational  Church 
twenty-two  years. 

The  preceding  relation  contains  facts,  which  impart  to  it  a 
substance,  form  and  qualities  of  no  ordinary  kind.  The 
subject  of  it  has  no  cause  to  fall  back  from  the  approving 
application  of  our  Saviour's  noted  comparison,  "  By  their 
fruits  ye  shall  know  them."  It  has  eminently  come  up  to 
"  life's  great  end,"  and  well  may  be  a  "  lamp  to  his  feet  and 
a  light  to  his  path,"  as  he  peacefully  and  usefully  descends 
to  the  tomb. 


HUTCHINS  HAPGOOD. 

Hutchins  Hapgood  was  the  second  son  of  Hutchins  and 
Elizabeth  Hapgood,  and  was  born  at  Petersham,  Massachu- 
setts, September  2,  1792.  His  father  died  September  4, 
1837,  aged  74,  and  his  mother,  January  11,  1835,  aged  71. 
He  pursued  his  studies  under  the  Rev.  Alpheus  Harding,  of 


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the  New  Salem  Academy.  He  united  with  the  freshman 
class,  and  made  hopeful  advancement  with  them.  But  in  the 
winter  vacation  of  the  sophomore  year,  he  was  accidentally 
shot,  in  Petersham  woods.  By  this  event,  his  left  arm  was 
so  badly  fractured,  that  he  never  regained  its  full  use.  He 
had  a  long  and  painful  confinement,  and  was  not  able  to 
unite  with  his  class  until  the  autumn  of  1811.  Having 
graduated,  he  began  to  study  law,  November  6,  1814,  with 
John  Taylor,  Esq.,  of  Northampton,  Massachusetts.  Here 
he  remained  to  the  18th  of  July,  1815.  and  then  went  to 
Cavendish,  in  the  State  of  New  York.  When  leaving  his 
legal  instructor,  the  latter  remarked,  that  he  "parted  with 
him  with  great  reluctance."  In  the  last  of  the  towns  just 
mentioned,  he  finished  his  professional  course.  He  spent 
some  time  in  visiting  various  parts  of  the  United  States, 
to  make  himself  better  acquainted  with  their  localities  and 
resources.  The  question  renewedly  pressing  itself  on  his 
mind,  whether  he  should  practice  the  profession  for  which 
he  had  prepared,  or  engage  in  mercantile  pursuits,  he  de- 
cided to  prefer  the  latter.  He  accordingly  united  with  a 
firm  in  the  city  of  New  York. 

Among  the  impressions  on  his  mind,  which  he  noticed  as 
very  remarkable,  from  not  being  caused  by  any  immediate 
previous  associations  of  thought,  or  by  any  natural  inclination 
in  him  for  superstition,  was  a  vision  of  his,  on  the  28th  of 
October,  1818,  relative  to  the  scene  of  the  last  Judgment. 
Giving  his  father  an  account  of  this  event,  he  said,  ( '  All  I 
felt  and  all  I  saw,  I  cannot  express.  It  was  wonderful,  and 
baffles  description.  I  therefore  will  forbear,  wishing  that 
the  God  of  wisdom  may  convey,  through  the  past,  instruction 
to  my  heart."  He  addressed  his  other  relatives  on  the 
same  subject.  To  them,  he  said,  "It  was  an  appearance 
that  I  never,  when  awake,  could  have  conceived.  Did  I 
depend  on  my  own  merit  for  salvation,  I  should  despair. 
But  God  is  merciful,  he  has  pointed  out  a  way  of  happiness 
by  the  good  Shepherd." 


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After  several  years  his  health  began  to  fail,  and  about 
1825  he  was  compelled  to  withdraw  entirely  from  business. 
While  in  that  city,  it  appears  from  a  manuscript  book,  con- 
taining seventeen  pieces  of  poetry,  on  different  subjects,  that 
he  was  in  the  habit  of  improving  his  leisure  in  such  compo- 
sition. He  sought  his  father's  house,  greatly  enfeebled  with 
pulmonary  complaints. 

A  relative  of  his  writes  as  follows :  "  He  was,  as  you 
know,  never  married.  But,  for  some  years,  he  was  engaged 
to  a  young  lady  of  rare  excellence.  Letters  written  by  her, 
after  his  death,  to  members  of  his  family,  furnish  the  most 
satisfactory  evidence  that  he  was  not  a  stranger  to  the  conso- 
lations of  religion,  and  that,  in  his  last  days,  he  was  sup- 
ported by  a  well-founded  hope  of  future  happiness." 

After  more  than  three  years  of  suffering,  he  finished  his 
earthly  career,  June  2,  1828,  taught,  that  nothing  short  of 
God  should  hold  the  supreme  reliance  of  mortals. 


LEVI  HARTSHOEN. 

Levi  Hartshorn  was  son  of  Edward  and  Lucy  (Elliot) 
Hartshorn,  and  had  his  birth  at  Amherst,  New  Hampshire, 
March  5,  1789.  He  was  the  oldest  of  four  children,  the 
youngest  of  whom,  Jotham,  is  the  only  surviving  one,  and 
lives  in  the  native  place  of  his  deceased  brother.  He  entered 
the  class  in  their  second  year.  After  taking  his  first  degree 
with  them,  he  studied  divinity. 

He  was  settled  over  the  First  Church  and  Congregation 
of  Gloucester,  Massachusetts,  October  18,  1815.  Here 
he  labored  faithfully,  usefully  and  acceptably.  His  health 
being  enfeebled,  he  concluded  to  visit  his  parents,  in  the  hope 
that  it  would  be  improved.  Therefore,  in  the  month  of  Sep- 
tember, he  set  out  on  his  contemplated  excursion,  expecting 
to  return  and  prosecute  his  work  with  greater  vigor.     \  But 


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the  lot  is  cast  into  the  lap,  and  the  disposition  thereof  is  of 
the  Lord.'  Soon  after  reaching  his  destination,  it  was  per- 
ceived that  a  typhus  fever  had  fastened  upon  him,  and  threat- 
ened to  prove  mortal.  The  fear  that  he  would  sink  under 
the  attack,  was  realized  in  a  few  days.  He  expired  Septem- 
ber 27,  1819.  In  this  time  of  trial,  when  human  delusions 
vanish,  having  lived  the  religion  of  Christ,  he  could  well 
apply  to  himself  the  soul-sustaining  encouragement  of  his 
Saviour,  "  Fear  not,  thy  sins  are  forgiven  thee."  A  notice 
of  him  in  the  Recorder  pertinently  and  truly  says  :  "  By  the 
death  of  this  amiable  man,  his  church  and  society  have  sus- 
tained a  great  loss  ;  and  to  his  afflicted  consort  and  children, 
the  loss  is  irreparable.  In  all  the  various  duties  appertaining 
to  his  pastoral  office,  he  was  indefatigable,  and  although  his 
labor  among  the  people  of  his  charge  has  been  short,  we 
trust  he  has  not  labored  in  vain." 


CHARLES  JOHNSTON. 

Charles  Johnston  was  born  at  Haverhill,  New  Hamp- 
shire, June  3,  1789.  His  preparatory  studies  were  at  the 
Academy  of  that  town,  under  the  tuition  of  Joseph  Bell  and 
Ephraim  Kingsbury.  He  taught  the  same  Institution  two 
years,  1814  and  1815.  He  studied  theology  under  Rev. 
Grant  Powers,  pastor  of  the  South  Parish,  where  he  was 
a  preceptor.  He  was  licensed  for  the  ministry  at  Hanover, 
February,  1817,  by  the  Orange  Congregational  Association. 
Then  he  went  to  Litchfield,  Connecticut,  and  pursued  his 
studies  under  Rev.  Lyman  Beecher,  D.  D.,  till  he  ardently 
engaged  in  the  work  of  Home  Missions.  So  consecrated  to 
an  occupation  of  the  noblest  kind,  as  to  its  results  and  rela- 
tions, however  viewed  by  those  who  lose  sight  of  eternal 
interests,  he  preached  the  riches  of  grace  in  this  State  and 
that  of  New  York.     His  «  labors  were  signally  blessed  in 


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the  promotion  of  revivals  of  religion,  imparting  courage  and 
strength  to  the  churches,  and  the  building  up  of  waste 
places."  He  joined  the  Presbytery  of  Onondaga,  and  was 
installed  Pastor  of  the  Congregation  and  Church  in  Otisco, 
September,  1821.  In  the  same  month,  he  married  Hannah 
H.  Sanford,  daughter  of  Dr.  Jared  Sanford,  of  Ovid,  and 
sister  of  the  late  Judge  Lewis  H.  Sanford,  of  New  York. 
Ever  since  this  time,  Mr.  Johnston's  residence  has  been  in 
central  New  York,  but  the  most  of  it  in  Summer  Hill, 
Cayuga  county.  Three  of  his  latter  years,  he  officiated  as 
an  agent  of  a  benevolent  society  ;  but,  for  the  few  last  years, 
feeble  health  has  required  him  to  cease  from  the  greater  part 
of  his  ministerial  callings  and  attend  to  agricultural  concerns. 
Mr.  Johnston  has  one  son  and  two  daughters  living.  He 
lost  a  son  of  high  promise,  who  died  August,  1844,  a  mem- 
ber of  Dartmouth  College.  Thus  with  endeared  ties  to 
earth,  and  admonition  to  be  ready  for  his  departure,  he  still 
exhibits  the  firm  purpose,  which  has  long  distinguished  his 
life,  to  honor  God  as  the  great  concern  of  his  probation. 


EBENEZER  SMITH  KELLY. 

Ebenezer  Smith  Kelly  was  from  New  Hampton,  New 
Hampshire,  and  was  born  February  1,  1794.  He  studied  law, 
and  about  1819,  settled  in  Kittanning,  Armstrong  county, 
Pennsylvania.  He  was  appointed  by  Governor  Heister,  Pro- 
thonotary  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  ;  Clerk  of  the 
Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer  and  of  the  Quarter  Sessions  of 
the  Peace  ;  Clerk  of  the  Orphans'  Court ;  Eecorder  of  Deeds 
and  Register  of  Wills  of  that  County.  In  1825  he  was 
elected  State  Senator,  which  office  he  held  till  his  decease. 
He  was  "very  highly  respected  and  esteemed  by  all  who 
knew  him,  and  was  among  the  foremost  in  his  profession." 
He  died  in  Harrisburgh,  Pennsylvania,  while  engaged 
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in    legislative    duties,   March   28,    1829,    aged    thirty-five 
years. 

He  married,  in  1821,  Miss  Nancy  Davidson,  daughter  of 
Hugh  Davidson,  of  Virginia.  They  had  four  children  :  only 
one,  Mary,  wife  of  William  D.  Robinson,  Esq.,  of  Lawrence- 
burgh,  Armstrong  county,  Pennsylvania,  survives.  The 
widow  of  Mr.  Kelly  married  Hon.  Samuel  S.  Harrison,  and 
died  in  1853,  leaving  a  daughter  by  her  last  husband.  The 
bright  promise,  which  the  College  life  of  Mr.  Kelly  gave, 
was  increasingly  realized,  till  he  was  gathered  to  his  fathers. 


JONATHAN  KITTREDGE. 

Jonathan  Kittredge  was  son  of  Doctor  Jonathan  and 
Apphia  (Woodman)  Kittredge,  of  Canterbury,  New  Hamp- 
shire.    He  was  barn  July  17,  1793. 

After  graduating,  he  read  law  in  Albany,  New  York,  and 
commenced  practice  in  the  metropolis  of  the  same  State, 
where  he  remained  in  it  successfully  till  1823,  when  he  re- 
turned to  New  Hampshire.  He  subsequently  renewed  his 
professional  labors  in  Canaan,  and  then  in  Lyme.  In  1829, 
he  married  Julia  Balch,  of  this  town,  by  whom  he  has  had 
nine  children,  seven  of  whom  are  living.  He  now  resides 
in  Canaan.  In  1827,  January  8,  he  delivered  a  Temperance 
Address  in  Lyme,  which  was  subsequently  printed,  and 
widely  circulated  in  the  United  States.  It  was  the  first 
address  published,  certainly  for  many  years,  and  it  gave  an 
impetus  to  the  temperance  cause,  which  was  felt  throughout 
the  civilized  world.  This  address  was  republished  in  Eng- 
land, Erance  and  Germany,  and  was  extensively  circulated. 
Mr.  Kittredge,  in  1828,  '29  and  '30,  addressed  many  public 
assemblies  upon  the  subject.  Two  other  addresses  of  his 
were  issued  from  the  press,  by  the  friends  of  temperance. 
Mr.    Kittredge   was  for   several   years   agent  of  the   New 


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Hampshire  Temperance  Society,  and  for  a  short  time  of  a 
similar  institution  in  Massachusetts.  He  finally  relinquished 
his  agency,  and  resumed  the  practice  of  law  in  Canaan,  N.  H. 
He  has  represented  this  town  three  years  in  the  Legislature, 
has  been  Postmaster,  and  sustained  several  other  offices. 
Various  have  been  the  occasions,  on  which  he  has  had  suc- 
cessful opportunity  to  exhibit  the  natural  strength  and  literary 
acquisitions  of  his  mind. 


ALLEN  LATHAM. 

His  parents  were  Arthur  Latham,  from  Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts,  who  died  at  his  residence  in  Lyme,  New 
Hampshire,  November  25,  1843,  aged  85,  and  Mary  Post, 
from  Hebron,  Connecticut,  who  died  where  her  husband 
did,  February  25,  1836,  aged  72.  He  had  his  birth  at 
Lyme,  July  1,  1792 ;  attended  school  at  South  Bridge- 
water,  Massachusetts,  and  fitted  for  College  with  Pev.  Eden 
Burroughs,  D.  D.,  of  East  Hanover,  New  Hampshire. 
After  graduating,  he  studied  law  with  Judge  Nahum 
Mitchell,  of  Bridgewater,  and  at  the  Law  School  in  Litch- 
field, Connecticut.  He  soon  put  his  natural  spirit  of  enter- 
prise into  exercise.  Having  been  amply  supplied  with  funds 
by  his  father  to  enjoy  the  best  means  of  education,  he  went 
to  Chilicothe,  Ohio,  with  the  purpose  to  improve  the  advan- 
tages thus  laudably  gained.  He  there  opened  an  office  for 
the  law,  and  also  for  a  general  land  agency.  His  business 
was  increasingly  successful,  and  wealth  has  flowed  upon  his 
hands.  He  has  been  honored  with  the  trust  of  Surveyor 
General  of  the  Virginia  Military  District,  and  of  Senator  for 
the  State  in  which  he  has  dwelt. 

He  married  Maria,  the  daughter  of  Col.  Richard  C. 
Anderson,  of  Soldier's  Petreat,  near  Louisville,  Kentucky, 
May,  1822. 


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He  continues  active  in  his  business  relations,  without  any 
appearance  but  that  of  a  modest  and  benevolent  gentleman. 
As  probation  hastens  to  a  close,  may  he  be  divinely  enabled 
to  lay  up  incorruptible  treasure  to  supply  his  immortal 
wants. 


BENJAMIN  GREEK  LEONARD. 

Benjamin  Green  Leonard  was  born  March  8,  1793,  at 
Newport,  Rhode  Island.  His  father  was  Captain  Nathaniel 
Leonard,  of  the  United  States  army,  and,  consequently,  the 
childhood  of  the  son  was  spent  in  garrison.  His  mother  was 
Mary  Leverett,  connected  with  the  Windsor  family,  of  Ver- 
mont. His  grandfather  was  Rev.  Abiel  Leonard,  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church  in  Woodstock,  Connecticut.  It 
is  remarkable  that  he,  his  father  and  grandfather,  all  three 
exhibiting  uncommon  talents  in  early  life,  became  insane 
when  about  fifty  years  old.  On  entering  College,  he  was 
from  Niagara,  New  York ;  and  on  leaving  it,  he  went  to 
Canandaigua,  of  the  same  State,  and  read  law.  He  resided 
a  short  time  at  Batavia,  and  then  moved  to  Chilicothe,  Ohio, 
in  1819.  He  had  little  practice,  at  first,  but  afterwards  was 
employed  in  many  important  cases.  "  As  a  land  lawyer,  he 
was  unrivalled  in  Ohio."  He  frequently  argued  before  the 
United  States  Supreme  Court  at  Washington.  The  last  time 
he  was  thus  engaged,  he  broke  down  in  the  midst  of  the 
trial,  came  home  mentally  deranged,  and  was  placed  in  an 
asylum.  His  friend  Latham,  and  class-mate,  who  has  fur- 
nished the  preceding  facts,  speaks  of  Mr.  Leonard  as  follows : 
"  The  leading  characteristic  of  his  mind  was  an  extraordinary 
memory.  I  have  known  him  multiply  five  decimals  by  any 
other  five  decimals  and  give  the  result  correctly,  and  much 
quicker  than  I  could  do  it  with  pen  and  paper.  He  would 
never  allow  a  client  to  tell  his  story  a  second  time,  for  he 
always  remembered  it  on  being  once  told.     In  College,  you 


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remember,  he  was  among  our  best  Greek  and  Latin  schol- 
ars." He  continually  made  advancement  in  this  respect. 
He  also  excelled  in  the  French  and  German  languages. 
"  But  his  great  passion  was  for  philosophy,  astronomy  and 
general  literature.  I  have  often  known  him  lock  his  office 
and  exclude  all  visitors  and  clients,  whenever  he  obtained  a 
new  book  that  he  wanted  to  read.  He  would  knowingly 
lock  out  his  most  intimate  friends,  and  refuse  them  admission, 
unless  they  threatened  him.  We  used,  in  these  circum- 
stances, to  threaten  to  smoke  him  out.  This  would  open 
the  door,  and  afford  us  a  pleasant  interview.  While  in  the 
asylum,  he  partially  recovered  and  conversed  sensibly.  The 
last  time  I  visited  him,  on  leaving  he  came  as  far  as  the 
road,  admired  my  horse,  held  the  stirrup  and  told  me  to 
mount.  I  did  so,  and  he  said,  as  loud  as  he  could,  Go. 
The  horse  went  upon  the  run,  and  Leonard  almost  as  fast 
the  other  way.  This  was  the  last  I  saw  of  our  friend 
B.  G.  L."  The  subject  of  this  relation  soon  died.  As  we 
look  on  so  distinguished  a  mind,  passing  away  in  its  ruins,  we 
cannot  suppress  the  thought, — thus  vanish  the  glories  of  this 
world,  while  naught  less  than  heavenly  wisdom  can  fit  the 
soul  for  immortal  excellence. 


ALEXANDER  LOVELL. 

Alexander  Lovell  was  the  son  of  Amos  Lovell,  a 
respectable  and  industrious  farmer.  He  was  born,  and  always 
resided,  in  Holden,  Massachusetts.  He  died  November  6, 
1815,  at  the  age  of  sixty-two.  His  mother's  name,  before  her 
marriage,  was  Mary  Ball,  a  native  of  Concord,  Massachusetts. 
She  died  February  13,  1833,  in  the  seventy-seventh  year  of 
her  age.  They  both  died  on  the  same  place  where  they  had 
lived  together  many  years,  and  reared  a  family  of  eight  chil- 
dren, all  of  whom  survived  their  parents  several  years. 

Mr.  Lovell  was  born  in  Holden,  Massachusetts,  February 
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14,  1787.  He  lived  with  his  father  and  labored  on  the  farm 
till  his  twentieth  year.  Up  to  this  time  his  advantages  were 
limited  to  the  ordinary  district  school,  which  was  usually  kept 
but  a  few  weeks  in  the  year.  His  father  wished  to  encourage 
his  desire  to  pursue  a  course  of  study,  but  felt  unable  to 
afford  the  pecuniary  assistance  which  seemed  necessary.  He 
however  cheerfully  relinquished  all  claim  to  his  time  and 
earnings  during  the  remainder  of  his  minority,  that  he  might 
engage  in  the  enterprise,  and  do  what  he  could  by  his  own 
efforts.  His  first  step  now  was,  to  engage  himself  to  a  farmer 
for  the  summer.  With  his  earnings  during  that  season,  he 
entered  the  Academy  at  New  Salem,  Massachusetts,  in  the 
autumn,  where  he  pursued  his  studies,  for  the  most  part, 
while  fitting  for  College.  A  few  months  of  the  time,  how- 
ever, were  spent  in  the  family  and  under  the  instruction  of 
Rev.  Dr.  Murdock,  afterwards  a  Professor  in  the  Theological 
Seminary  at  Andover.  From  the  time  he  commenced  fitting 
for  College  to  the  time  he  graduated,  he  spent  a  portion  of 
each  year  in  teaching. 

In  the  fall  of  1813,  he  was  admitted  to  the  Theological 
Seminary  at  Andover,  and  continued  his  connection  with  that 
institution  to  the  close  of  the  regular  course  in  1816.  Having 
received  license  to  preach  the  gospel,  he  went  to  Vermont, 
with  a  view  to  spend  the  winter  among  the  destitute  churches 
in  the  western  part  of  that  State,  and  in  the  spring  to  engage 
in  the  service  of  the  Home  Missionary  Society.  A  portion 
of  the  winter  and  spring  was  spent  among  the  people  of 
Yergennes,  from  whom  he  received  a  pressing  invitation  to 
settle  among  them.  A  careful  examination  of  the  subject 
brought  the  conviction  to  his  mind,  that  it  was  his  duty 
to  relinquish  his  previously  formed  plan,  and  to  accept  the 
invitation.  He  did  so,  and  was  ordained  as  Pastor  of  the 
Congregational  Church  in  Yergennes,  October  22,  1817. 
He  remained  among  that  people,  he  trusts,  with  some  degree 
of  usefulness,  till  November,  1835.  At  this  time  he  took  a 
dismission  to  accept  a  call  from  the   Church  in  Phillipston, 


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Massachusetts,  and  was  installed  in  that  place  the  sixteenth  of 
the  next  month.  His  labors  were  continued  here,  till  the 
spring  of  1843,  when  he  was  laid  aside  by  prostrating  sick- 
ness, and  was  not  able  to  perform  the  pulpit  labors  for  a 
single  Sabbath,  for  two  years  and  a  half,  and  only  occasion- 
ally since  that  time.  Though  unable  to  perform  pastoral 
duties,  his  connection  with  that  church  was  not  dissolved  till 
April,  1844.  After  this  he  resided  a  few  years  in  West- 
borough,  Massachusetts,  and  then  removed  to  Nashua,  New 
Hampshire,  where  he  is  still  residing.  During  this  time  he 
has  occasionally  supplied  a  vacant  pulpit,  as  health  would 
permit,  and  opportunity  offered. 

About  a  year  and  a  half  from  the  time  of  his  first  settle- 
ment, June  8,  1819,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Clarinda  Bush, 
daughter  of  Col.  Jotham  and  Mrs.  Mary  Bush,  of  Boylston, 
Massachusetts.  Her  mother,  whose  name  before  her  mar- 
riage was  Mary  Taylor,  died  at  her  residence  in  Boylston, 
November  17,  1836,  aged  seventy-five  years.  Col.  Jotham 
Bush  died  at  the  same  place,  December  13,  1837,  aged  eighty 
years.  Mr.  Lovell  has  had  but  two  children,  a  daughter  and 
a  son,  both  of  whom  are  still  living. 

Except  a  brief  memoir  of  a  friend,  issued  in  pamphlet 
form,  and  a  dedication  sermon,  his  publications  have  been 
limited  to  pieces  on  various  subjects,  occasionally  inserted  in 
newspapers  or  other  periodicals.  Leaning  on  the  arm  of  his 
Saviour,  who  has  enabled  him  to  live  usefully,  he  looks  for- 
ward to  the  rest  of  a  heavenly  mansion. 


CHARLES  MARSH. 

The  following  notice  is  given  of  him  by  his  class-mate, 
Elisha  B.  Perkins,  Esq.,  of  Marietta,  Ohio  : 

"  I  have  endeavored  to  review  my  recollections  of  our 
class-mate  Marsh,  and  to  get  what  information  I  could  by 
correspondence  with  his  friends  ;  but  I  cannot  make  as  full  a 


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report  as  the  subject  merits.  His  amiable  character,  and  his 
high  standing  as  a  scholar,  we  all  knew.  There  have  been 
few  young  men  who,  during  their  College  course,  have 
exerted  so  great  influence  over  their  associates.  Indeed,  his 
influence  was  not  only  felt  by  those  on  whom  it  was  directly 
exerted,  but  was  continued  long  after  his  presence  was  with- 
drawn. Professor  Shurtleff,  in  speaking  of  him  some  time 
since  to  a  friend,  said  that  i  his  influence  made  a  perma- 
nent and  entire  change  throughout  the  College,  raising  the 
standard  of  scholarship  by  his  example  and  spirit.'  He 
maintained  the  same  pre-eminence  among  the  young  men  in 
the  Law  School  at  Litchfield,  that  was  universally  yielded  to 
him  while  in  College.  Had  his  life  been  spared,  he  would 
unquestionably  have  taken  his  place  among  the  greatest  men 
of  our  country. 

"Charles  Marsh,  Jr.,  was  born  at  Woodstock,  Vermont, 
October  17,  1790.  His  parents  were,  Charles  Marsh,  of 
Woodstock,  born  at  Lebanon,  Connecticut,  and  Anna  Collins, 
of  Litchfield.  His  father's  high  and  well-deserved  reputa- 
tion as  a  lawyer,  a  legislator,  and  above  all  as  a  Christian, 
is  well  known.  His  grandparents  were,  Joseph  Marsh, 
formerly  Governor  of  Vermont,  and  Dolly  Mason,  a  near 
relative  of  Jeremiah  Mason,  one  of  the  greatest  men  of  his 
day.  He  was  thus  allied  to  some  of  the  most  eminent  and 
excellent  men  of  our  country,  and  he  largely  inherited  their 
worth  and  talent.  He  was  early  destined  by  his  friends  to 
a  liberal  profession,  but  his  health  was  not  good,  and  it  was 
thought  unsafe  for  him  to  pursue  his  studies.  He  was, 
therefore,  placed  in  the  store  of  Gen.  Curtis,  in  Windsor, 
and  was  several  years  employed  there  or  elsewhere  as  a 
clerk.  His  health  was  so  much  improved,  by  the  active 
duties  in  which  he  had  been  engaged,  that  he  was  able  to 
resume  his  studies,  and  he  was  fitted  for  College  at  the 
Academy  in  Randolph,  Vermont.  After  his  graduation,  he 
studied  law  for  some  time  with  his  father,  and  then  com- 
pleted his  course  at  the  celebrated  Law  School  of  Judge 


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Keeve,  in  Litchfield,  Connecticut.  He  was  soon  after 
admitted  to  the  Bar  in  the  city  of  New  York,  and  opened 
an  office  at  Lansingburgh,  in  October,  1816,  where  he 
remained  till  compelled  to  relinquish  business  by  the  sick- 
ness of  which  he  died.  While  at  Litchfield  he  took  very 
copious  notes  of  the  Lectures  of  Judges  Reeve  and  Gould, 
and  also  reports  of  cases  tried  before  the  moot  court 
attached  to  the  Institution.  I  have  a  copy  of  this  manu- 
script, making  a  large  quarto  volume,  that  would  do  honor 
to  the  skill  and  talents  of  a  veteran  reporter. 

"  He  was  married,  at  Lansingburgh,  to  Miss  Mary  Leonard, 
daughter  of  Timothy  and  Mary  Leonard,  of  that  city,  but 
had  no  children.  Early  in  the  spring  of  1817  he  was 
attacked  with  a  pulmonary  disease,  and  in  May  he  left  Lan- 
singburgh, with  his  wife  and  a  physician,  to  try  the  effect 
of  travel,  and  of  the  western  and  southern  climate,  on  his 
health.  He  was  compelled,  however,  by  the  violence  of  his 
disease,  to  stop  at  a  public  house  on  the  Ohio,  not  far  from 
Louisville,  where  he  died  about  the  1st  of  July.  His  re- 
mains were  taken  to  New  Albany,  Indiana,  and  there  buried. 
His  class-mate,  Experience  P.  Storrs,  who  was  then  residing 
in  the  neighborhood,  was  with  him  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
and,  with  his  other  friends,  did  all  that  affection  could  do  to 
make  his  last  hours  comfortable.  Mr.  Storrs  prepared  an 
obituary  notice,  from  which  I  make  the  following  extracts : 
6  We  brought  the  corpse  down,  through  Louisville,  to  a 
little  town  just  rising  out  of  the  woods  below  the  falls,  on 
this  side  of  the  Ohio,  called  New  Albany,  where  it  was 
buried.  It  will  be  most  melancholy  intelligence  to  all  who 
knew  him,  especially  to  his  class-mates,  and  more  especially 
to  his  brothers,  who  knew  his  excellences.  Ah  !  we  loved 
him  as  a  brother  I  He  had  no  superior  while  in  College, 
and  had  he  lived,  would  undoubtedly  have  risen  to  the  first 
grade  in  his  profession.  He  possessed  great  fondness,  and  a 
taste  highly  cultivated,  for  classical  literature,  as  well  as  a 
mind  peculiarly  well  adapted  to  legal  pursuits.     It  is  not 


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common  for  any  College  to  be  graced  with  an  undergraduate 
possessed  of  such  talents  for  extemporaneous  performances. 
He  was  one  of  those  primary  geniuses  that  give  both  direc- 
tion and  momentum  to  those  about  them  ;  not  indeed  by  the 
low  arts  of  political  quackery,  but  by  the  intrinsic  merits 
of  his  talents  and  character.'  Our  friend  made  no  profession 
of  religion,  but  for  some  time  before  his  death  he  had  been 
deeply  interested  in  the  subject,  and  died  rejoicing  in  the 
hope  of  a  Christian.  He  was  brought  up  in  the  strictest 
principles  of  the  old  Puritan  school  of  theology,  and  all 
the  earlier  influences,  by  which  his  character  and  principles 
were  formed,  were  of  the  purest  and  loveliest  kind,  and 
accompanied,  as  they  were,  by  the  earnest  and  fervent  prayers 
of  devotedly  pious  parents  and  friends,  they  could  hardly 
fail  of  being  blessed  to  his  spiritual  good.  He  published 
nothing,  and  I  believe  held  no  office.  In  politics,  he  was  a 
federalist,  of  the  Washington  school.  In  person,  he  was  tall 
and  slender.  As  well  as  I  can  recollect,  he  was  about  six 
feet  in  height,  and  weighed  about  one  hundred  and  forty 
pounds. 

"  I  regret  that  it  is  not  in  my  power  to  do  better  justice  to 
our  departed  friend.  As  his  relative  and  <  chum,'  I  was  more 
intimate  with  him  than  others  ;  but  we  all  admired  him  for 
his  talents  and  acquirements,  and  loved  him  for  his  amiable- 
ness  and  virtues." 


JOHN   NICHOLS. 

His  parents  were  Daniel  and  Mary  (Dinsmore)  Nichols, 
and  he  was  born  at  Antrim,  New  Hampshire,  June  20, 
1790.  His  father  was  a  respectable  farmer  and  magistrate, 
and  died  of  the  spotted  fever,  February,  1812.  He  was 
fitted  for  College  by  Rev.  John  M.  Whiton,  his  pastor,  and 
Hon.  John  Vose,  of  Atkinson,  and  joined  the  class  in  their 
sophomore  year.     He  entered  the  Theological  Institution  at 


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Andover,  October,  18 13,  and  finished  his  course  there  in 
1816.  In  July  of  this  year,  he  wrote  as  follows  to  Mr. 
Whiton  :  "  It  is  now  about  two  years  since  I  commenced 
the  examination  of  the  subject  of  missions  to  the  heathen, 
with  reference  to  my  personally  engaging  in  the  great  work. 
No  Christian  can  doubt,  for  a  moment,  that  the  religion  of 
the  gospel  is  to  be  the  religion  of  the  world.  A  large  pro- 
portion of  our  number  have  reasons  for  declining  the  service. 
Who  will  go  7  This  question  has  come  home  to  my  own 
bosom.  My  inquiries  and  my  prayers  have  resulted  in  a 
settled  conviction,  that  it  is  my  duty,  divine  Providence  per- 
mitting, to  make  known  to  those,  who  dwell  in  pagan  dark- 
ness, the  unsearchable  riches  of  Christ.  I  would  leave 
myself  in  his  hands,  and  be  at  his  disposal.  God  forbid  that 
I  should  think  of  meriting  salvation  by  a  pilgrimage  to  a 
land  of  Pagan  darkness.     No  ; 

*  The  blood  of  Christ  shall  still  remain, 
Sufficient  and  alone.'  " 

No  one  of  his  acquaintances  in  College  would  doubt,  for 
a  moment,  but  that  his  ability  to  acquire  learning,  his  laud- 
able progress  in  it,  and  his  exemplary  Christian  deportment, 
were  in  harmony  with  so  noble  a  consecration  of  himself  to 
the  missionary  cause. 

The  greater  part  of  the  year,  after  leaving  the  Andover 
Institution,  Mr.  Nichols  spent,  under  a  commission  of  the 
Board,  in  stirring  up  the  churches  of  New  Hampshire  to  the 
calls  of  Foreign  Missions.  His  labors  did  much  towards 
inducing  Christians  in  that  State  to  adopt  their  present  sys- 
tematic contributions  for  such  an  object,  ever  worthy  of  their 
prayers,  their  high  estimation,  and  their  liberal  donations. 
Before  embarking  for  the  distant  land  of  his  anticipated  trials 
and  labors,  he  visited  the  town  of  his  birth,  to  converse  with 
those  whom  he  knew  and  loved.  He  did  all  in  his  power 
for  the  future  welfare  of  his  relatives,  and  especially  of  his 
widowed  mother,  who  had  experienced  the  faithful  assistance 


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and  the  consoling  attentions  of  his  filial  affection.  While 
hearts  almost  broke  at  the  thoughts  of  separation,  they  were 
comforted  with  the  belief,  that  it  was  a  sacrifice  demanded 
by  a  higher  and  more  sacred  obligation  than  commonly  exists. 

The  ordination  of  Mr.  Nichols  was  at  Park  Street  Church, 
Boston,  September  3,  1817  ;  and  his  marriage  with  Elizabeth 
Shaw,  of  Upper  Beverly,  Massachusetts,  was  on  the  31st  of 
the  same  month.  On  the  morning  of  October  5,  he  and  his 
wife  sailed  from  Charlestown  for  Bombay,  in  company  with 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Graves.  Prior  to  his  embarkation,  he  intended 
to  visit  his  native  place  once  more,  but  his  other  duties  pre- 
vented his  purpose.  On  this  account,  he  sent  a  farewell 
discourse,  from  1  Corinthians  xv.  58,  to  his  pastor,  who  read 
it  from  the  pulpit,  at  the  earnest  request  of  his  parishioners. 
The  pertinency  of  the  Scripture  passage,  the  relations  sus- 
tained by  the  adviser  to  the  hearers,  the  impression  that  they 
were  to  see  his  face  no  more  in  the  land  of  the  living,  and 
that  in  judgment  they  must  answer  for  the  use  of  the  parting 
counsel  he  gave  them,  must  have  rendered  the  occasion 
deeply  interesting,  solemn  and  impressive. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nichols  arrived  at  Bombay,  February  23, 
1818.  He  immediately  entered  on  the  study  of  the  Mah- 
ratta  language.  Towards  the  close  of  October,  he  was  pros- 
trated by  a  bilious  attack,  and  his  life  despaired  of.  But 
divine  goodness  raised  him  up  and  enabled  him  to  recom- 
mence his  labors.  Soon  after  his  restoration  he  opened  a 
school  at  Tannah,  on  the  Island  of  Salsette,  and  another  at 
Cullian,  with  encouraging  prospects.  In  his  Journal  of  a 
Tour,  we  have  the  succeeding  extract,  beginning  September 
24,  1819:  "After  addressing  the  villagers,  we  retired  to 
rest  in  an  open  veranda.  The  Hindoos  have  neither  chairs, 
tables,  nor  beds.  Of  course,  whoever  travels  among  them, 
must  sit  on  the  ground  and  sleep  on  the  ground.  Our  jour- 
neying from  village  to  village  was  through  deep  mud,  long 
grass,  and  water  sometimes  up  to  the  middle.  To  wear 
shoes   and  stockings  was  out  of  the  question ;  though  our 


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feet  suffered  much  from  the  stones  and  gravel.  With  bare 
feet  we  traveled  over  a  region  inhabited  by  tigers,  and  were 
in  continual  danger  from  serpents,  which  might  be  concealed 
in  the  long  grass.  On  the  evening  of  the  25th,  we  arrived 
at  a  village  where  we  spent  a  Sabbath.  In  the  evening, 
before  we  had  retired  to  rest,  while  reclining  on  a  mat  in  an 
open  veranda,  I  was  roused  by  a  serpent  crawling  over  my 
feet ;  and  before  I  could  speak,  it  was  under  the  feet  of 
brother  Graves.  Through  mercy  we  were  not  bitten.  The 
serpent  was  killed  before  the  door.  There  is  a  species  of 
serpent  very  common  here,  whose  bite  causes  death  in  five 
or  ten  minutes,  and  for  which  the  natives  know  no  remedy." 

About  May  20,  1820,  Mr.  Nichols,  his  wife  and  their 
little  son,  were  taken  with  an  intermittent  fever.  The  two 
last  recovered  in  three  weeks,  but  Mr.  Nichols  was  confined 
for  sixty  days,  during  the  hottest  portion  of  the  year.  In 
1821,  he  wrote  to  Mr.  Whiton,  while  called  to  behold  the 
desolations  of  spasmodic  cholera :  "  It  is  one  of  the  most 
awful  diseases  with  which  a  righteous  God  ever  visited  our 
sinful  race,  and  was  entirely  unknown  till  about  four  years 
ago.  I  have  witnessed  its  awful  ravages  in  Tannah  and 
Bombay,  and  have  been  much  with  the  sick  and  the  dying. 
This  people  generally  believe  it  to  be  not  a  proper  disease, 
but  a  destroying  demon.  I  have  abundant  opportunity  to 
put  in  practice  the  little  stock  of  medical  knowledge  I 
acquired  in  America,  and  have  prescribed  for  the  sick  in 
hundreds  of  instances.  So  ignorant  of  the  healing  art  are 
these  people,  that  the  administration  of  the  simple  but  pow- 
erful medicines,  (emetics  and  cathartics,)  produces  such 
speedy  and  manifest  relief  as  truly  astonishes  them."  On 
the  11th  of  May,  1822,  the  child  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nichols 
was  taken  from  them,  and  they  left  to  mourn  its  death, 
though  with  consolations  that  God  ordered  all  things  in 
righteousness. 

As  a  further  specimen  of  perils  and  hardships,  which  his 
office  called  him  to  encounter,  Mr.  Nichols  expresses  himself 

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as  follows  :  "  Since  I  have  been  in  India,  I  have  slept  many 
nights  on  the  ground,  without  anything  about  me  but  a  loose 
cotton  gown  ;  and  in  my  tours  to  the  continent,  to  distribute 
books  and  visit  schools,  I  have  slept  many  times  all  night 
on  the  boards  of  an  open  boat,  without  any  bed  or  covering. 
In  all  the  country,  among  the  natives,  high  and  low,  you 
will  scarcely  meet  with  a  chair,  a  table  or  a  bed."  Thus 
enduring  hardness  as  a  good  soldier  of  Christ,  Mr.  Nichols 
still  cherished  pleasant  memories  of  home,  and  kindly  affec- 
tions for  kindred  and  acquaintances  in  his  native  land.  To 
a  friend  he  wrote  in  the  subsequent  language  :  "  Need  I 
tell  you,  that  my  early  friends  are  my  dear  friends,  and  that 
a  recollection  of  them  is  entwined  with  every  fibre  of  my 
heart  ?  The  rocks  and  hills  of  Antrim,  are  a  scene  on 
which  imagination  fondly  lingers  and  memory  drops  her 
silent  tear.  Oh  may  that  be  a  spot  highly  favored  of 
Heaven,  when  this  mortal  body  of  mine  shall  be  mouldering 
in  the  sands  of  India.  Satisfied  with  the  providence  of  God 
in  calling  me  far  away  from  my  native  land,  I  have  not  the 
remotest  idea  of  ever  returning  there.  It  is  worth  a  thou- 
sand lives,  a  thousand  times  more  precious  than  mine,  to 
make  known  for  these  heathen  what  a  Saviour  has  done  for 
a  sinful  world."  Such  language,  in  the  estimation  of  him 
who  looks  no  higher  than  human  wisdom,  is  cant,  is  folly. 
But  to  every  mind,  illumined  by  the  light  of  inspiration  and 
sanctified  by  the  Spirit  of  grace,  it  accords  with  the  dictates 
of  divine  knowledge,  the  necessities  of  our  apostate  race, 
and  the  infinite  riches  of  Christ's  redemption. 

In  1824,  the  last  year  of  his  earthly  pilgrimage,  Mr. 
Nichols  received  the  sad  tidings  of  a  beloved  sister's  decease. 
Thus  he  was  a  legal  claimant  to  a  portion  of  the  property 
which  she  left.  He  forwarded  to  a  fiiend  a  power  of  attor- 
ney to  make  distribution  of  it  in  the  succeeding  manner. 
To  assign  to  his  mother  what  was  needful  for  her  comfort ; 
to  lay  out  a  part  for  the  purchase  of  tracts  for  the  benefit 
of  youth  in  his  native  town  ;  and  to  send  the  residue,  if  any, 


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to  his  wife's  father,  subject  to  his  future  disposal.  Though 
attending  to  duty  in  this  respect,  as  it  called  upon  him  from 
amid  the  changes  and  uncertainties  of  probation,  he  knew 
not  that  it  would  be  his  last  act  with  reference  to  so  judicious 
an  arrangement. 

Late  in  the  autumn,  Mr.  Nichols  began  a  tour  in  Southern 
Konkan,  for  the  purpose  of  visiting,  and  modifying  to  some 
extent,  the  schools  established  there.  He  had  not  proceeded 
sixteen  miles  from  Bombay,  when  he  was  taken  sick  of  a 
fever.  Informed  that  he  was  dangerously  ill,  Mrs.  Nichols, 
accompanied  by  a  friend,  hastened,  in  a  covered  boat,  to  the 
place  of  his  confinement,  and  had  him  brought  back  to 
Bombay.  His  return  was  on  the  9th  of  December,  ten  days 
after  he  was  attacked  by  the  disease.  Then  he  was  speech- 
less and,  for  the  most  part,  insensible.  He  so  continued 
till  the  middle  of  the  succeeding  night,  being  the  10th  of 
December,  1824,  when  he  fell  asleep,  and  rested  from  the 
trials  and  labors  of  his  ministry.  The  services  of  the  funeral 
were  performed  the  next  day  in  the  chapel,  to  which  many 
of  the  natives  resorted. 

Mr.  Nichols  had  three  children,  two  of  whom  died  prior 
to  his  decease,  and  the  other  eight  months  afterwards.  His 
widow  was  married,  October  19,  1826,  to  Rev.  Joseph 
Knight,  Church  missionary  at  Nellore,  in  Ceylon.  Here  she 
departed  this  life,  September  5,  1837,  and  left  a  son,  Henry 
by  her  second  husband,  who  became  a  clergyman.  Thus 
she  closed  her  earthly  course,  after  a  long  and  well-earned 
reputation  of  an  exemplary  Christian,  and  a  faithful  servant 
in  the  missionary  vineyard  of  her  Lord  and  Saviour. 

The  Memoirs  of  American  Missionaries,  whence  the 
most  of  the  preceding  facts  have  been  taken,  speak  of 
Mr.  Nichols  as  follows  :  He  "  was  nearly  seven  years  among 
the   heathen,    engaged   in   various    missionary   labors ;    but 

1  She  was  born  November  17,  1793,  was  a  pupil  of  Benjamin  Greenleaf, 
Esq.,  of  Bradford,  and  was  eminently  distinguished  for  her  literary  attain- 
ments and  piety. 


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especially,  for  the  greater  part  of  the  time,  in  preaching  the 
gospel  to  them  in  their  vernacular  tongue.  He  was  a  man 
of  an  excellent  spirit,  mild,  gentle,  and  yet  firm  in  the  pur- 
suit of  duty.  lie  longed  for  the  salvation  of  the  heathen, 
and  prayed  earnestly  and  continually  for  so  great  a  blessing. 
To  his*  brethren,  he  was  a  judicious  and  faithful  counsellor, 
and  to  the  mission,  a  warm  and  devoted  friend."  "I  have 
long  thought,"  observes  Mr.  Whiton,  "that  his  Christian 
character  presented  traits  of  uncommon  excellence.  If  ever 
I  knew  a  man,  who  ruled  his  own  spirit  and  was  master  of 
himself,  he  was  that  man.  It  was  manifest,  that  the  fear  and 
love  of  God  were  the  governing  principles  of  his  conduct." 

Thus  truth  deservedly  speaks  of  our  departed  brother. 
Better,  infinitely  better,  to  be  as  he,  having  fought  the  good 
fight  of  faith  to  extend  the  triumphs  of  Christ's  kingdom 
over  the  hearts  of  his  fallen  race  and  the  dominion  of  the 
prince  of  darkness,  than  the  mightiest  conquerors,  who  have 
not  subjected  their  souls  to  the  rule  of  Emmanuel,  nor  con- 
tended for  the  extension  of  his  gospel.  Verily  believing 
and  well  doing  for  the  highest  welfare  of  man  and  the  honor 
of  God,  are  the  imperishable  crown,  whose  glories  will  ever 
abound  and  shed  light  on  the  successive  events  and  ages  of 
eternity. 


TIMOTHY  PARKHURST. 

Timothy  Parkhurst  was  the  son  of  Jonathan  and  Rachel 
(Colburn)  Parkhurst.  His  father  died  at  Wilton,  New 
Hampshire,  January,  1819,  aged  sixty-six,  and  his  mother, 
August,  1826,  aged  seventy-one.  He  was  born  in  the  same 
place,  November  27,  1793.  He  attended  the  common 
schools  of  the  town  till  his  fifteenth  year ;  then  he  com- 
menced preparation  for  College,  under  Rev.  Thomas  Beede, 
and  continued  it  till  joining  his  class  in  their  freshman  year. 


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He  taught  school  during  his  College  course.  An  extract 
from  his  reply,  follows  : 

"  After  graduating,  I  commenced  the  study  of  medicine 
at  Amherst,  in  this  State,  and  continued  to  reside  there  three 
years.  I  then  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in  my 
native  town,  and  have  continued  since  to  remain  in  the  same 
place. 

"  As  to  offices,  I  have  never  been  much  of  a  public  charac- 
ter. I  have  been  Postmaster  some  seven  years,  have  a  Jus- 
tice's commission  for  the  county  of  Hillsborough,  and  have 
been  Town  Clerk  of  Wilton  twenty-seven  years. 

"  I  was  married  May  28,  1818,  to  Betsy  Abbot,  of  Wil- 
ton, daughter  of  William  Abbot,  Esq.,  whose  wife's  name 
was  Phebe  Chandler.  My  wife  died  in  March,  1828.  I 
married,  a  second  time,  Naomi  Sawyer,  of  Sharon.  I  have 
had  five  children,  by  both  marriages,  three  daughters  and 
two  sons,  all  now  living.  My  life  has  been  one  of  no  re- 
markable incidents,  although  I  have  been  busily  engaged  in 
the  cares  and  pursuits  of  life,  without  making  any  great  noise 
in  the  world." 

Thus  speaks  one,  who  was  a  pattern  of  equanimity  to  his 
class-mates,  and  who  steadily  and  honestly  attended  to  his 
own  business,  without  unnecessarily  troubling  himself  with 
others'  concerns. 


ELISHA  BACKUS   PERKINS. 

I  cannot  perhaps  better  comply  with  the  resolutions 
adopted  by  those  of  our  Class,  who  met  in  Hanover  at  the 
last  commencement,  than  to  follow  the  inquiries  of  the  Cir- 
cular of  July  15,  1853.  It  is  always  a  difficult  matter  to 
form  a  just  estimate  of  one's  own  character  and  doings  ;  and 
to  a  man  of  much  sensitiveness  or  delicacy  of  feeling,  it  is 
rather  an  unpleasant  task  to  be  required  to  communicate  that 


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opinion  to  others.  I  am  not,  however,  disposed  to  allow  my 
own  feelings  to  stand  unnecessarily  in  the  way  of  anything 
that  can  afford  gratification  to  my  dear  old  class-mates,  and 
especially  since  the  feelings  of  attachment  I  have  ever  cher- 
ished towards  them,  have  been  so  pleasantly  revived  and 
strengthened  by  our  last  delightful  meeting. 

My  parents  were  Dr.  Elisha  Perkins,  son  of  Dr.  Elisha 
Perkins,  of  Plainfield,  Connecticut,  born  July  18,  1763,  and 
died  in  Baltimore,  February  15,  1840 ;  and  Eunice  Backus, 
daughter  of  Maj.  Andrew  Backus,  of  Plainfield,  born  June 
14,  1770,  and  died  at  Canterbury,  July  9,  1792. 

I  was  born  at  Canterbury,  Connecticut,  June  19,  1792. 
My  present  residence  is  Marietta,  Washington  county,  Ohio. 
I  was  married  June  27,  1822,  to  Miss  Emily  Pope,  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Pope,  born  in  Boston,  May  14, 
1796.  She  is  still  living.  I  have  had  two  children,  both 
born  in  Pomfret,  Connecticut.  1st,  Elisha  Douglas,  March 
23,  1823,  and  married  April  11,  1848,  to  Miss  Harriet  Eliza 
Hildreth,  daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  P.  and  Mrs.  Phoda  Maria 
Hildreth,  of  Marietta,  Ohio,  and  died  at  Sacramento,  Cali- 
fornia, December  17,  1852 ;  2d,  Mary  Duick,  born  Feb- 
ruary 1,  1825,  married  November  21,  1849,  to  Joseph  P. 
Shaw,  of  Cleaveland,  Ohio,  son  of  William  and  Eliza 
De Wolfe  Shaw,  and  died  in  Marietta,  August  27,  1853,  soon 
after  my  return  from  Hanover. 

I  commenced  business  as  a  lawyer,  at  Pomfret,  Connecti- 
cut, in  August,  1816.  In  1828,  my  health  having  failed,  I 
moved  to  Baltimore,  and  went  into  the  drug  business  with 
my  father.  My  health  still  continuing  feeble,  I  removed,  at 
the  close  of  1830,  to  Tallahassee,  Florida,  and  opened  a 
drug  store  there.  While  residing  in  Tallahassee,  I  was 
licensed  by  the  Medical  Board  to  practice  physic,  but  was 
never  actively  engaged  in  that  profession,  except  to  a  gratui- 
tous business  among  the  poor.  In  1836,  my  health  having 
been  restored,  and  feeling  anxious  to  withdraw  my  children 
from  the  influences  of  slavery,  I  sold  my  establishment,  and 


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after  nearly  two  years  spent  in  examining  different  parts  of 
the  West,  I  came  to  Marietta,  where  I  had  friends,  and 
purchased  a  house  and  a  few  acres  of  land,  and  was  not 
employed  in  any  active  business  till  1845,  when  I  opened  a 
drug  store  in  Marietta,  in  which  I  am  now  engaged. 

I  have  all  my  life  felt  a  deep  interest  in  the  cause  of 
education,  and  have  generally  held  some  office  connected 
with  our  schools  and  literary  institutions ;  but  I  have  never 
allowed  myself  to  be  made  a  candidate  for  any  political  office, 
though  I  have  held  other  situations  of  trust  and  responsi- 
bility. While  residing  in  Florida,  I  was  offered  the  appoint- 
ment of  Chief  Justice  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas, 
which  I  declined,  but  accepted  the  office  of  Commissioner  of 
Public  Grounds  and  Buildings,  and  was  one  of  the  Trustees 
appointed  under  the  grant  by  Congress,  of  two  townships  in 
South  Florida,  to  Mr.  Perrine  and  his  associates,  for  the 
purpose  of  locating  and  establishing  a  Garden,  for  the  intro- 
duction into  this  country  of  tropical  and  other  foreign  plants. 
These  offices,  involving  no  political  partisanship,  and  being 
in  their  duties  agreeable  to  my  tastes  and  feelings,  I  held  till 
I  left  the  State.  Under  the  grant  to  Mr.  Perrine  and  his 
associates,  I  explored  a  large  part  of  Southern  Florida,  but 
the  selection  of  the  townships  was  prevented  by  the  occur- 
rence of  the  Seminole  war ;  and  since  the  death  of  Mr.  Per- 
rine, who  was  killed  at  Indian  Key  by  "the  Indians,  the 
project  has  been  abandoned. 

I  have  been  a  frequent  contributor  to  the  literary,  relig- 
ious, agricultural  and  temperance  papers  and  journals,  and 
have  delivered  Addresses  on  Peace,  Temperance,  Education, 
&c,  which  have  been  published.  One  of  the  Peace  Ad- 
dresses has  been  republished  two  or  three  times  and  exten- 
sively circulated.  I  have  written  or  compiled  nothing  of 
more  permanent  character. 

I  united  with  the  Associate  Reformed  Church  in  Balti- 
more, under  the  care  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  I.  M.  Duncan,  in  the 
summer   of    1830,  and   am   now   a   member   of   the  First 


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Congregational  Church  of  Marietta.  My  earliest  denomina- 
tional attachments  were  to  the  Moravians,  with  whom  I  was 
placed  in  my  boyhood  for  an  education,  and  my  feelings  still 
incline  most  strongly  to  them  ;  but  among  our  evangelical 
churches  I  have  no  very  decided  preferences.  I  can  cheer- 
fully hold  fellowship  with  all,  of  any  name,  "  who  love  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  in  sincerity  and  truth." 

I  was  born  and  bred  a  federalist,  and  since  the  dissolution 
of  that  party  I  have  been  a  whig,  but  never  a  very  zealous 
partisan. 

My  height  is  five  feet  seven  and  a  half  inches.  My  usual 
weight  is  from  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  to  one  hundred 
and  thirty  pounds.  I  have  never,  in  health,  fallen  below  one 
hundred  and  sixteen,  nor  gone  above  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
eight  pounds. 

Soon  after  I  was  graduated,  I  entered  the  office  of  the 
Hon.  Sylvanus  Backus,  of  Pomfret,  Connecticut;  and  after 
the  usual  course  of  study  with  him  and  with  the  Hon. 
Calvin  Goddard,  of  Norwich,  I  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  of 
Windham  county,  in  August,  1816,  and  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  Mr.  Backus  which  was  terminated  by  his  death,  in 
February,  1817.  I  was  soon  engaged  in  a  large  and  lucra- 
tive business,  in  which  I  continued  till  the  autumn  of  1828, 
when  I  was  compelled  to  abandon  the  profession  by  a  pul- 
monary affection,  which  made  it  necessary  for  me  to  change 
my  business  and  seek  a  milder  climate.  I  was  ambitious  of 
distinction  in  my  profession,  but,  not  possessing  a  strong 
constitution,  I  broke  down  under  the  effort.  The  disap- 
pointment was  very  severe  ;  but  I  have  had  abundant  cause 
since  to  bless  God  for  this,  as  well  as  for  every  other  trial 
he  has  called  me  to  bear.  The  failure  of  my  prospects  of 
worldly  distinction,  led  me  to  feel  the  vanity  of  all  earthly 
hopes,  and  the  importance  of  securing  a  better  and  more 
enduring  portion  ;  and  I  humbly  trust  I  have  not  sought  it 
in  vain.  Much  of  my  time  has  been  devoted  to  efforts, 
feeble  in  themselves,  and  yet  not  altogether  without  God's 


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blessing  on  them,  to  do  good  to  others.  There  is  no  condi- 
tion nor  employment  in  this  life  without  anxiety  and  care ; 
but,  after  enjoying  probably  much  more  than  an  average 
portion  of  this  world's  favor  and  prosperity,  I  know  that 
nothing  but  the  hopes  and  promises  of  the  gospel,  much 
as  some  may  affect  to  despise  them,  can  satisfy  the  soul. 
Without  them,  the  present  is  cheerless,  and  the  future  is 
involved  in  darkness  and  despair.  By  the  deaths  of  our 
dear  children,  my  wife  and  I  are  left  alone  in  our  old  age, 
with  none  to  cheer  our  declining  years,  or  weep  over  our 
graves.  Yet  we  are  far  from  being  unhappy.  We  know 
these  trying  events  have  been  ordered  by  a  kind  Father,  who 
never  willingly  afflicts  nor  grieves  ;  and  we  trust  that  the 
loved  ones,  who  have  been  taken  from  our  embraces  here, 
have  only  arrived  a  little  before  us  at  the  happy  home, 
where  we  hope  to  meet  again  and  dwell  together  forever. 
Oh,  my  brother,  what  a  cheering  thought  it  would  be  to  feel 
assured  that,  in  those  blessed  abodes,  we  shall  meet  all  our 
dear  class-mates  whom  we  have  loved  so  well  here.  It  is  a 
thought  I  have  dwelt  much  upon  since  our  recent  delightful 
meeting  at  Hanover.  Let  us  earnestly  plead  for  such  a 
blessing,  and  perhaps  He,  who  delights  in  the  prayers  of 
his  people,  may  grant  it  to  our  petitions. 


PETER  ROBINSON. 

Peter  Robinson  was  the  son  of  General  Robinson,  of 
Pembroke,  New  Hampshire,  and  was  born  November  15, 
1791.  He  prepared  for  College  at  Atkinson,  of  the  same 
State,  under  the  instruction  of  Hon.  John  Yose.  He  entered 
freshman,  and  taught  school  in  the  winter  of  his  collegiate 
course.  From  his  class-mate,  Bond,  we  have  the  subsequent 
facts : 

"In  1816,  he  settled  in  Binghamton,  Broome  county, 
New  York,  as  teacher  in  an  Academy,  and  he  resided  there 
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until  his  decease.  He  was  a  lawyer  by  profession,  but 
devoted  considerable  attention  to  agriculture.  He  was  a 
Justice  of  the  Peace  about  fifteen  years  ;  was  a  member  of 
the  New  York  Assembly  five  or  six  years,  and  in  1829  was 
elected  Speaker  of  that  body.  His  speeches,  we  are  told, 
were  of  a  high  order,  and  were  published  in  the  current 
debates  of  the  day.  Afflicted  with  a  complication  of  dis- 
eases, he  died  of  congestion  of  the  brain,  in  1841,  aged  fifty, 
unmarried." 

Thus  departed  one,  remarkable  for  his  talents  and  scholar- 
ship. It  is  regretted  that  our  materials  for  a  notice  of  him 
are  so  scanty,  though  indicative  of  the  eminent  stand,  for 
which  intellect  and  knowledge  amply  qualified  him.  He 
learned  that,  while  careful  for  the  wisdom  of  earth,  we 
should  be  far  more  so  for  the  wisdom  of  heaven. 


DAVID   SMITH. 

From  him  we  have  the  succeeding  account : 
John  Smith  and  Elizabeth  Campbell,  of  the  county  of 
Hillsborough,  and  State  of  New  Hampshire,  were  my  parents. 
My  father  served  six  years  in  the  Revolutionary  war  ;  was 
in  nearly  all  the  battles  at  the  capture  of  Burgoyne,  and  was 
wounded  in  the  head  by  a  musket-ball,  at  King's  Bridge. 
The  ball  remained  there  till  his  death.  I  was  born  at 
Francestown,  New  Hampshire,  on  the  2d  day  of  October, 
1785.  My  present  residence  is  Wheeling,  Virginia,  and 
there  is  my  post-office  address. 

I  am  not  married  now.  On  the  17th  of  August,  1814, 
I  was  married  to  Miss  Rhoda  Mitchell,  then  of  Boston,  who 
died  on  the  19th  of  August,  1819.  Her  parents  were  James 
Mitchell  and  Mary  Leech,  of  Haverhill,  Massachusetts. 
She  was  born  about  six  weeks  before  I  was.  This  most 
excellent  of  all  persons  whom  I  ever  knew,  bare  Elizabeth, 
Mary  and  John.     In  May,  1820, 1  married  Harriett  Mitchell, 


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sister  to  my  first  wife.  She  was  born  on  the  20th  of  Decem- 
ber, 1802,  and  died  the  11th  of  August,  1833,  leaving  three 
children,  viz.,  Khoda,  James  and  David.  My  connubial  state 
ended  with  her  life.  I  resided  in  Columbus,  Ohio,  from 
1814  till  1836  ;  and,  though  absent  from  there  much  of  the 
time  since  then,  am  still  a  citizen  of  that  place. 

My  daughter  Elizabeth  married  Gen.  Joseph  M'Cormick, 
now  of  Cincinnati.  Mary  married  Mr.  Richard  Hubbell,  of 
Wheeling.  John  married  Miss  Matilda  Patterson,  of  West 
Union,  Ohio.  Rhoda  married  Mr.  John  W.  Gill,  of  Wheel- 
ing. James  married  Miss  Martha  Jeremiah,  of  Cincinnati. 
David  married  Miss  Martha  Gonell,  of  Wheeling.  They 
now  reside  at  Louisville,  Kentucky.  Elizabeth,  my  oldest, 
is  thirty-eight  years  of  age,  and  David,  my  youngest,  is 
twenty-four  years.  Mary  Hubbell  has  five  children  living. 
All  the  others  have  from  one  to  four. 

I  was  admitted  to  the  Bar,  but  did  not  practice.  My 
business,  from  1816  to  1836,  was  printing.  During  this  time 
I  owned  and  issued  a  newspaper,  called  the  i  Ohio  Monitor ' ; 
nor  am  I  author  of  any  literature  except  newspaper  fugitive 
essays  ;  and  those  are  so  evanescent,  that  few  of  the  sheets 
could  now  be  found  which  contained  them. 

I  was  six  years  a  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas, 
appointed  by  the  General  Assembly  ;  three  years  the  State 
Printer,  by  the  same  mode  of  appointment ;  was  twice 
elected  to  the  General  Assembly,  to  represent  Franklin 
county ;  was  a  Clerk  in  the  General  Post  Office  from  1836  to 
1845,  at  a  salary  of  $1,400;  was  appointed  by  Amos  Ken- 
dall and  dismissed  by  Cave  Johnson. 

I  have  been  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
since  1831. 

In  politics,  democratic ;  took  the  Adams  phase  thereof  in 
1824,  the  Jackson  phase  in  1828,  and  the  abolition  phase 
in  1845,  from  which  I  think  that  I  shall  never  depart. 
I  entertain  no  thought  so  abhorrent  to  me  as  African 
slavery !     On  account  of  it,  I  was  made  a  yellow  statesman 


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in  1823  at  home,  and  ejected  from  place  at  Washington  city 
in  1845. 

My  height  is  five  feet  seven  inches ;  my  weight  is  one 
hundred  and  sixty-two  pounds.  I  am  disabled  from  ordinary 
exercise  by  lameness  in  both  my  lower  limbs  ;  belong  to  no 
secret  society,  and  to  no  public  one,  except  the  church ; 
enjoy  good  health,  and  as  much  happiness  as  an  infirm  celi- 
bate can  expect. 

The  above  is  a  very  meagre  sketch  of  a  small  pattern.  If 
my  worthy  brethren  think  well  enough  of  it  not  to  leave  my 
name  blank,  I  shall  thank  them.  I  doubt  not  that  their 
united  biographies  will  be  interesting.  And  excuse  me  if  I 
say,  jokingly,  that  if  we  do  not  preserve  our  own  histories, 
our  deeds  will  not  inspire  any  Homer  to  rhyme  them. 


EXPERIENCE  POSTER  STORRS. 

His  parents  were  Constant  and  Lucinda  Storrs.  Of  their 
eight  children,  he  was  the  sixth  son,  and  was  born  August 
21,  1794,  at  Lebanon,  New  Hampshire.  He  is  survived  by 
only  two  members  of  this  family,  a  brother  Dan,  aged  sixty- 
six,  residing  in  the  same  town,  and  another,  the  youngest, 
aged  fifty-eight,  settled  in  the  ministry  at  Brooklyn,  New 
York.  He  began  his  studies  under  Rev.  Eden  Burroughs, 
of  East  Hanover,  and  closed  them  with  Professor  Shurtleff, 
of  Hanover.  His  complexion  was  light,  his  height  about 
five  feet,  and  his  weight  one  hundred  and  forty  pounds. 
After  graduating,  he  read  law  with  his  brother  Constant,  of 
Argyle,  New  York,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar,  October, 
1816.  Then  he  went  to  Indiana,  and  practiced  his  profession 
in  the  town  of  Paoli.  With  the  deserved  reputation  of  a 
distinguished  scholar  in  his  class,  and  of  fixed  habits  to  im- 
prove his  strong  intellectual  powers,  his  prospect  of  eminence 


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in  life  was  clear  and  encouraging.  But  human  anticipations 
are  often  crossed  by  divine  wisdom.  Only  two  years  had 
passed  from  his  entering  the  arena  of  legal  competition,  when 
ill  health  required  him  to  seek  the  attentions  and  remedies  of 
his  parental  mansion.  Here  he  struggled  with  a  lingering 
consumption,  which  proved  his  end,  December  17,  1829,  at 
the  age  of  thirty-live  years.  A  brother,  who  witnessed  his 
long  sickness,  and  helped  to  alleviate  the  trials  of  his  advance- 
ment to  the  bourne  of  probation,  remarks  of  him  as  follows  : 
"  He  bore  his  lingering  illness  with  Christian  fortitude  and 
resignation,  trusting  in  the  great  Redeemer  for  acceptance 
with  God.  He  never  made  a  public  profession  of  religion, 
but  often  regretted  that  he  had.  not."  Consoling  indeed  is 
the  thought  to  his  friends,  that,  in  the  day  of  his  adversity, 
he  leaned  not  on  the  broken  staff  of  earth,  but  applied  to  the 
only  remedy  of  salvation,  which  could  take  away  the  sting  of 
death  from  him  and  them,  and  prepare  his  spirit  to  shine 
among  the  brighter  lights  of  immortality. 


JOSEPH    WARDWELL. 

His  parents  were  Jeremiah  and  Mary  Wardwell.  He  was 
one  of  ten  children,  six  sons  and  four  daughters.  His  birth 
was  July  3,  1788.  When  entering  College,  he  was  of  Salis- 
bury, New  Hampshire.  During  the  winters  he  was  there, 
he  instructed  schools.  After  graduating,  he  continued  this 
employment  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  where  his  prospect  of 
success  was  better  than  usual.  But  his  strength  and  health 
began  to  falter  under  long  and  persevering  application  to 
study.  Besides  this,  he  exerted  himself  in  teaching  sacred 
music,  an  art  in  which  he  greatly  excelled.  He  soon  fell 
before  the  power  of  consumption.  He  died  February,  1814. 
He  was  modest  in  his  manners,  devoted  to  the  pursuit  of 


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knowledge,  bent  upon  the  purpose  of  being  useful,  and 
exemplary  in  all  his  deportment.  His  piety  was  eminent, 
and  enabled  him  to  follow  the  directions  of  duty  with  a 
peaceful  submission  to  the  allotments  of  Providence. 


SAMUEL  WELLS. 

His  parents  were  Samuel  and  Electa  (Bascom)  Wells. 
His  father  was  the  youngest  of  four  children,  was  a  farmer, 
and,  though  not  of  a  strong  constitution,  was  largely  engaged 
in  his  calling,  was  Deacon  of  the  Second  Congregational 
Church  in  Greenfield,  Massachusetts,  and  a  Colonel  in  mili- 
tary service,  when  such  an  office  was  a  token  of  much  confi- 
dence and  of  equal  honor.  His  mother  was  the  daughter  of 
Ezekiel  and  Anna  (Brown)  Bascom.  It  was  a  favorite 
maxim  of  hers,  when  conversing  with  her  children,  "  Seek 
to  be  good  rather  than  great,"  and  one  which  she  fully 
exhibited  in  her  life.  Of  her  thirteen  children,  one  died 
while  an  infant,  and  all  the  rest,  with  a  single  exception, 
became  professors  of  religion. 

The  eldest  child,  Samuel,  had  his  birth  at  Greenfield, 
December  21, 1792.  Being  of  feeble  health  from  his  earliest 
days,  he  was  designed  by  his  father  for  a  liberal  education. 
In  accordance  with  this  parental  purpose,  he  left  home  on 
the  day  of  the  total  eclipse,  June  16,  1806,  for  New  Salem. 
Here  he  studied  at  the  Academy,  and  then  performed  the 
duties  of  clerk  in  a  store,  both  of  which  occupied  two  years. 
At  the  close  of  this  period,  he  concluded  to  prepare  himself 
for  mercantile  pursuits  ;  but  by  the  winter  of  1809,  yielded 
to  the  wish  of  his  father  and  renewed  his  studies,  under  the 
direction  of  Rev.  Avery  Williams,  afterwards  settled  in  the 
ministry  at  Lexington,  Massachusetts.  On  the  2d  of  the 
following  October,  he  was  matriculated  as  a  member  of  Dart- 


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mouth  College.  He  remarks,  "  Here  my  health  was  such, 
that  it  was  with  difficulty  I  could  keep  up  with  my  class, 
and  in  the  spring  of  1812,  after  a  protracted  fever,  I  was 
sent  home  to  die ;  but  again  joined  the  class,  late  in  the 
autumn,  and  graduated  with  them  in  1813."  Though  he 
was  thus  called  to  endure  the  severe  discipline  of  ill-health, 
yet  his  deportment  was  such  as  to  win  the  friendship  of 
those  who  became  acquainted  with  him. 

After  graduating,  Mr.  Wells  began  to  study  law  with 
Elijah  Alvord,  Esq.,  of  Greenfield,  and  was  admitted  at  this 
place  to  practice  in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  August, 
1816,  and  at  Northampton,  to  practice  in  the  Supreme 
Judicial  Court,  September,  1819.  He  opened  an  office  at 
Greenfield,  and  continued  there  till  August,  1819,  when  he 
moved  to  Northfield.  Here  he  continued  for  six  months, 
and  then  went  back  to  his  native  town.  In  November, 
1822,  he  received  a  proposition  from  the  Hon.  Isaac  C. 
Bates,  to  become  a  partner  with  him  in  the  practice  of  law, 
which  he  accepted.  This  connection  lasted  till  June,  1827. 
Thence  Mr.  Wells  continued  the  duties  of  his  profession 
alone. 

As  the  consequence  of  being  responsible  for  a  company, 
whose  affairs  became  much  embarrassed,  Mr.  Wells's  own 
property  was  taken,  in  1830,  and  trials  pressed  upon  him. 
His  health  failed,  consumption  seemed  to  be  preying  upon 
his  vitals,  and  for  more  than  two  years  he  was  unable  to  do 
any  business.  But  that  Providence,  which  seeth  not  as  man 
seeth,  turned  back  his  captivity.  He  was  restored  so  that 
he  was  able  to  resume  his  profession.  This  he  followed  till 
April  27,  1837,  when  he  was  appointed  Clerk  of  the  Judi- 
cial Courts  for  the  county  of  Hampshire,  Massachusetts, 
which  office  he  has  held  to  this  date.  In  addition  to  this,  he 
holds  the  offices  of  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  Quorum,  and 
also  of  Trials. 

As  to  the  social  relations  of  Mr.  Wells,  we  have  the 
subsequent   facts.     On   March  9,   1820,  he   married  Sarah 


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Hooker  Leavitt,  daughter  of  the  Hon.  Jonathan  Leavitt,  of 
Greenfield,  eminent  for  her  piety.  She  died  in  her  fortieth 
year,  January  29,  1837,  of  an  inflammation  of  the  brain. 
She  left  four  children, — Sarah  Leavitt,  Jonathan  Leavitt, 
Maria  Louisa,  and  Samuel  Henry  Martyn.  Of  these,  Jona- 
than married  Delia  C,  the  daughter  of  Mr.  Cornelius 
Delano,  of  Northampton,  and  resides  in  the  city  of  New 
York.  Henry  is  a  member  of  Dartmouth  College.  The 
daughters  live  with  their  father.  Mr.  Wells  was  again 
married,  May  15,  1851,  to  Mrs.  Maria  L.  Carleton,  widow  of 
Mr.  Cyrus  Carleton,  late  merchant  of  the  city  of  New  York. 
She  has  three  sons, — George  W.,  Cyrus,  and  Charles  A. 
Carleton. 

It  affords  us  much  satisfaction  to  know,  that  while  Mr. 
Wells  has  been  careful  for  temporal  concerns,  he  has  been 
more  so  for  those  which  are  spiritual.  He  agrees  with  us, 
that  in  nothing  are  the  most  of  our  race  so  justly  chargeable 
with  erring  from  the  dictates  of  reason,  conscience  and  reve- 
lation, as  in  their  everlasting  interests.  Like  many  others, 
he  perceived  that,  from  his  earliest  days  of  boyhood,  the 
thoughts  of  death  and  judgment  would  frequently  arise  in 
his  mind  and  produce  a  fear,  lest,  when  summoned  to  meet 
them,  he  should  be  altogether  unprepared.  Then  the  prince 
of  darkness  would  suggest  to  him,  that  there  was  time 
enough  for  him  to  conform  with  a  deceitful  world  and  still 
be  sure  of  endless  safety.  Allured  by  such  sophistry,  he 
continually  replied  to  the  voice  of  inspiration,  '  Go  thy  way 
for  this  time/  until  the  decease  of  a  beloved  brother,  not 
emerged  from  infancy.  This  providence  said  to  him,  l  If  one 
so  young  is  called  to  eternity,  you  may  be  commanded  soon 
to  follow  him  ;  prepare  to  meet  thy  God.'  Then  doubts  and 
darkness  overshadowed  his  soul.  The  destroyer  of  all  good 
assumed  another  mode  of  action,  in  order  to  keep  him  in 
bondage,  and  induced  him  to  think  that  the  day  of  grace  for 
him  had  passed  away.  Still  the  Holy  Spirit  continued  with 
him,   and  so  aided   him   to    seek,  that  he  found  peace  in 


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believing.     Thus  turned  to  wisdom's  ways,  he  could  sin- 
cerely adopt  the  versified  thoughts  of  an  Apostle, — 

"  When  I  am  weak,  then  am  I  strong  ; 
Grace  is  my  shield,  and  Christ  my  song." 

Mr.  Wells  united  with  the  Second  Congregational  Church 
of  Greenfield,  in  July,  1817.  On  removing  to  Northamp- 
ton, his  relation  was  transferred  to  the  First  Church  there. 
He  so  continued,  till  the  Edwards  Church  was  formed  in 
that  town,  when  he  became  one  of  its  original  members. 
He  remarks,  as  to  such  membership,  (( With  my  own,  the 
records  now  bear  the  names  of  my  deceased  and  present  wife, 
and  of  four  out  of  our  seven  children."  We  can  heartily 
pray,  that  the  remaining  part  of  their  children  may  be 
speedily  brought  into  the  fold  of  Christ,  so  that  they  may 
finish  life  and  be  partakers  in  the  endless,  perfect  and  glori- 
ous experience  of  heaven,  as  an  unbroken  and  united  family. 
Compare  this  portion  with  unions,  graced  by  all  the  attrac- 
tions of  earth  and  most  sought  by  insatiable  ambition,  and  it 
excels  them  as  the  brightness  of  seven  days  does  the  dim- 
mest glimmer  of  twilight. 


WILLIAM  WHITE. 

William  White  was  the  son  of  James  and  Eunice 
(Kingsbury)  White.  His  father  died  at  Thetford,  Vermont, 
1830,  aged  seventy-six,  and  his  mother,  1819,  aged  sixty. 
He  had  his  birth  at  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  May  1,  1788. 
He  was  prepared  for  College  by  the  Rev.  Gardner  Kellogg,  of 
Bradford,  Vermont.  He  taught  school  in  the  winter,  during 
his  collegiate  course.  For  two  years  after  graduating,  he 
was  the  Principal  of  an  Academy  at  Gorham,  Maine.  For 
the  same  period,  1815-17,  he  was  tutor  in  his  Alma  Mater. 
In  the  year  last  named,  he  commenced  the  practice  of  law, 
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at  Bennington,  Vermont,  and  remained  there  twelve  months. 
He  went  to  Philadelphia  in  1821,  and  opened  a  Select  Clas- 
sical and  English  School.  This  Institution  he  continued  four 
years.  In  this  time,  as  his  class-mate  Bond  relates,  he  "pub- 
lished an  elaborate  Essay  on  the  Pronunciation  of  the  Latin 
and  Greek  languages.  He  frequently  wrote  communications 
for  the  newspapers,  but  always  anonymously.  He  also  com- 
menced a  weekly  publication,  entitled  '  The  Saturday  Maga- 
zine/ of  which  he  was  editor  and  proprietor,  and  which  was 
literary,  political,  and  critical.  This  periodical  was  conducted 
with  decided  ability,  but  it  did  not  acquire  an  extensive  circu- 
lation. At  the  end  of  a  few  months,  it  was  discontinued. 
In  the  summer  of  1825,  he  went  to  Richmond,  Virginia, 
where  he  became  Principal  of  the  High  School,  and  where 
he  died  of  dysentery,  August  21,  1826,  unmarried.  Mr. 
White's  mind  was  remarkable  for  the  clearness  and  acuteness 
of  its  perceptions,  especially  upon  abstract,  metaphysical  sub- 
jects. His  demeanor  was  unpretending,  and  his  morals  un- 
blemished." The  high  promise  which  his  appearance  in 
College  gave,  was  fully  realized.  He  believed  and  rever- 
enced the  doctrines  of  grace.  He  deeply  felt  that  the  greatest 
of  human  intellect  and  acquisitions  should  be  laid  in  the  dust, 
when  compared  with  even  the  glimpses  of  Divinity,  as  made 
known  on  the  sacred  pages  of  Revelation. 


FREDERICK  WOOD. 

Frederick  Wood  was  the  youngest  of  five  brothers,  and 
was  born  in  Littleton,  Massachusetts.  After  graduating,  he 
studied  medicine  and  prepared  himself  for  its  practice.  He 
then  traveled  through  several  of  our  Western  States.  He 
contracted  the  impression,  that  the  world  cared  nothing  for 
him,  and  he  might  care  nothing  for  them.     Hence,  for  the 


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last  twenty  years  he  lias  made  little  provision  for  the  morrow, 
any  further  than  to  supply  his  present  necessities.  During 
such  a  period,  he  has  labored  in  various  places.  When  last 
heard  from,  he  was  in  the  western  part  of  his  native  State. 
A  graduated  class,  in  the  development  of  their  bias,  habits, 
tastes,  talents,  and  acquisitions,  are  like  a  little  world  in  the 
exhibition  of  its  various  characters.  Some  meet,  some  fall 
below,  and  others  rise  above  the  line  of  anticipations  individ- 
ually formed  of  them,  while  on  their  collegiate  course. 
Duty  demands  of  them  all,  that  they  should  move  in  the 
spheres  adapted  to  their  capacity  and  preparation,  as  faithful 
stewards  of  divine  bounty.  Happy  indeed  are  they  whose 
conscious  reflection  constantly  lays  before  their  perception, 
the  knowledge  that  however  encumbered  with  the  imperfec- 
tions of  their  fallen  race,  they  desire,  pray,  purpose  and 
strive  to  meet  the  approval  of  the  Judge,  who  will  render 
unto  all  according  to  their  ways. 


CHARLES  WOODMAN. 

Charles  Woodman  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Joseph  Wood- 
man, minister  of  Sanbornton,  New  Hampshire,  and  was  born 
January  9,  1792.  He  studied  law  with  Jeremiah  H.  Wood- 
man, of  Rochester,  in  the  same  State,  and  then  with  Christo- 
pher Gore,  of  Boston,  Massachusetts.  He  was  married  twice ; 
first,  to  Mary  W.  Gage,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Gage, 
of  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  June,  1818 — she  died  in  June, 
1819,  aged  thirty  years  ;  second,  to  Dorothy  Dix,  daughter 
of  the  Hon.  John  and  Rebecca  Wheeler,  of  the  same  town, 
the  5th  of  November,  1821.  His  last  wife  was  born  Febru- 
ary 28,  1798,  and  died  in  March,  1849,  leaving  one  son,  bear- 
ing his  own  name.  For  several  years  he  was  Representative 
in  the  Legislature  from  Dover,  and  in  1822  he  was  Speaker  of 
the  House.     At  the  time  of  his  decease,  October  31,  1822, 


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"  he  was  candidate  for  Congress,  and  would  in  all  probability 
have  been  elected."  His  knowledge  of  human  nature,  and 
the  tact  for  using  it  to  compass  the  objects  which  he  consid- 
ered fit  to  be  obtained,  and  his  busy,  stirring  spirit,  exhibited 
while  a  member  of  College,  he  successfully  applied  in  his 
subsequent  life.  But  while  political  eminence  was  inviting 
him  to  share  more  largely  in  its  laurels,  and  the  pulses  of  his 
heart  throbbed  more  strongly  in  unison  with  its  proffers,  the 
hand  of  Providence  pointed  him  to  the  dial  of  probation,  and 
bid  him  note  that  the  hour  of  his  departure  from  all  earthly 
attractions  had  come.  Thus  warned,  he  was  brought  to  the 
position,  wherein  no  relief  short  of  the  favor  conferred  by 
Immanuel,  can  shed  the  light  of  hope  upon  the  soul,  and 
enable  it  to  look  for  acceptance  into  the  society  of  the 
righteous  made  perfect. 


APPENDIX 


While  collecting-  the  preceding-,  the  Committee  received  the  following  notices  of  their 
Class-mates,  who  did  not  graduate  with  them,  and  which  they  think  it  is  well  to  print  in 
this  connection. 


JACOB  ATKINSON. 

His  parents  were  Samuel  and  Sally  Atkinson.  His  father 
died  in  Amherst,  New  Hampshire,  in  1796,  aged  about  forty- 
six  years ;  and  his  mother  in  Boscawen,  of  the  same  State, 
in  March,  1845,  aged  eighty-four.  He  was  born  in  the  last- 
named  town,  November,  1793,  and  fitted  for  College  by 
Rev.  Samuel  Wood.  IJe  remained  with  his  class  two  years, 
and  then  entered  Brown  University,  where  he  graduated. 
He  soon  went  to  Stark  county,  Ohio,  where  he  purchased 
land,  improved  it,  and,  in  two  years,  sold  it  "  at  a  handsome 
advance."  Thence  he  moved  to  Wheeling,  Virginia,  where 
he  taught  school  for  a  like  period.  In  the  course  of  1817, 
he  engaged  in  prosperous  business  with  an  elder  brother  of 
his  in  the  same  place,  and  so  continued  nearly  up  to  the  time 
of  his  decease,  March  29,  1837.  He  was  not  married.  "  He 
was  a  good  writer  on  politics,  as  well  as  other  subjects.  He 
was  gentlemanly  and  conciliating  in  his  deportment."  The 
realities  of  life  passed  away  with  him,  pointing  to  the  wisdom 
of  securing  the  purest  and  greatest  temporal  happiness,  by 
the  best  preparation  for  immortal  concerns. 


JOHN  EATON  FULLER. 

John   Eaton   Fuller   was   born  at  Francestown,  New 
Hampshire,  November  19,  1788.     His  parents  were  Daniel 


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and  Abigail  Fuller,  who  moved  from  Dedham,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  one  of  nine  children,  who  are  all  dead  but 
two.  While  applying  his  time  and  energies  to  make  lauda- 
ble progress  in  his  studies,  he  was  prostrated  by  disease,  and 
died  at  home,  October  22,  1811.  Mr.  John  Nichols,  the 
missionary  to  India,  was  appointed  by  the  Class  to  pronounce 
the  eulogy  customary  on  such  occasions.  This  service  was 
done  very  acceptably  to  the  audience. 


NATHANIEL  HENCHMAN. 

His  parents  were  Dr.  Nathaniel  and  Anna  (Crosby) 
Henchman.  His  father  was  born  in  Lynn,  Massachusetts, 
May,  1763,  and  died  at  Amherst,  New  Hampshire,  May  27, 
1800.  His  mother  was  born  at  Billerica,  Massachusetts,  and 
died  where  her  husband  did,  November  27,  1836,  aged  77. 
He  was  born  at  Amherst,  Nov.  19,  1786,  and  attended  the 
Academy  under  Jesse  Appleton,  afterwards  President  of 
Bowdoin  College.  Llaving  left  his  class,  he  studied  medi- 
cine under  Dr.  Matthias  Spalding,  and  practiced  some  in  his 
native  place.  In  the  last  war  with  England,  he  became 
Surgeon's  Mate  in  the  army,  and  was  stationed  at  Sackett's 
harbor.  Thence  he  went  to  Aquacknock,  New  Jersey,  and 
followed  his  profession  there  a  short  time.  Erom  that  place 
he  went  to  Woodville,  Mississippi,  and,  having  resided  nine 
months  here,  he  was  attacked  with  an  inflammatorv  fever, 
and  died,  after  a  sickness  of  five  days,  September  5,  1819, 
aged  33  years.  In  the  burying  ground  of  Amherst,  a  cenotaph 
is  erected  in  memory  of  him  by  his  mother.  Two  closing 
lines  on  this  monument  are  as  follow : 


In  distant  clime,  without  stone  or  name, 

He  rests,  who  here  had  friends  and  honest  fame." 


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JOSIAH  HUBBARD. 

Josiah  Hubbard  was  son  of  John  Hubbard.  He  was 
born  at  New  Ipswich,  New  Hampshire,  July  24,  1793. 
When  he  entered  College,  his  father  was  its  Professor  of 
Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy,  but  died  the  next 
year.  His  brother  John,  was  of  the  same  class  with  him. 
Bereft  of  their  father's  care  and  counsel,  they  soon  took  up 
their  connections.  Josiah  married  Mehitabel  Whitmore,  of 
Lebanon,  New  Hampshire,  September  23,  1814  ;  has  had 
seven  children,  and  four  of  them  are  married.  Prom  Leb- 
anon he  moved  to  Lowell  in  1838,  and  was  elected  City 
Librarian  in  the  latter  place,  1844,  which  office  he  yet  holds. 
He  still  exhibits  the  urbane  and  kind  manners,  which  were 
common  in  his  youth.  Favored  with  the  desirable  disposi- 
tion to  live  usefully,  he  has  opportunity  for  its  continual 
gratification. 


JAMES  MILTIMORE. 

He  left  College  before  his  Class  graduated.  His  parents 
were  Rev.  James  and  Dolly  Miltimore.  His  birth  was  at 
Stratham,  New  Hampshire,  March  30,  1789.  He  took 
charge  of  the  classical  department  in  Charlotte  Hall  Acad- 
emy, Saint  Mary's  county,  Maryland,  in  1§16,  where  he  con- 
tinued till  his  decease.  He  married  Ann  R.,  daughter  of 
Robert  Hilgour,  resident  where  the  Academy  was  located. 
They  had  three  children,  James,  William,  and  Mary  Ann. 
Mr.  Miltimore  was  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church.  His 
wife  died  July  27,  1851,  and  he,  May  7,  1852.  He  was  a 
classical  scholar,  and  eminent  for  his  oratory. 


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SAMUEL  PHILBRICK. 

His  parents  were  Jonathan  and  Alice  (Butler)  Philbrick. 
His  father  died  June  10,  1841,  at  Washington,  New  Hamp- 
shire, aged  seventy-three,  and  his  mother  at  Angelica,  New 
York,  February,  1853,  aged  eighty-two.  He  was  born  at 
Deerfield,  New  Hampshire,  about  1792,  whence  his  parents 
moved  to  Washington,  1803.  He  studied  with  B,ev.  Mr. 
Whiting,  of  Antrim,  and  Rev.  John  Lord  of  Washington. 
He  married  a  daughter  of  Elder  Bascomb.  He  has  been  a 
merchant  more  than  twenty-five  years  in  Savannah,  Georgia. 


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